Charles Taylor was Liberia’s President who was ousted by concerted efforts through war and later allowed asylum in Nigeria in 2003. Sirleaf said she regretted supporting Charles Taylor but declined to tell her interviewer why she regretted supporting her one time close associate. But when pressed for answers to questions of why she believed supporting Taylor was wrong, she said “because we think whatever was the motivation for him taking leadership was never achieved”. Charles Taylor is gone and we should let him be in peace. The interview took a sharp turn when he asked Madam Sirleaf if she owed Liberians an apology for supporting Taylor.

Source: Daily Observer April 30, 2019 02:26 UTC