Birds of a feather...
Nigeria has dismissed the latest attempt by the international community to secure the arrest and prosecution of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor who stands accused of war crimes.
| "Nope. Nope. Can't have him..." |
The global police agency, Interpol, has issued what it calls a red notice, seeking the extradition of Mr Taylor from Nigeria to face charges at a United Nations backed tribunal in Liberia's neighbour Sierra Leone. Mr Taylor has been living in exile in Nigeria since August. However Remi Oyo, a spokeswoman for Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, says it is a political, rather than an Interpol issue.
| Killing large numbers of people is just a political issue, y'know. You can even vote on it in West Africa... |
"When there is a democratically elected Government in Liberia, if that Government makes a request to Nigeria with significant evidence of whatever allegations it may have against Mr Taylor, Nigeria will hand him over or ask Mr Taylor to voluntarily leave," she said. |