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| Africa: West |
| Taylor delays his departure |
| 2003-08-11 |
| Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is due to hand over power later today, needs a few days to ensure that his new home in exile in Nigeria is ready, a press spokesman said. Taylor, who has been indicted for war crimes by a UN-backed court in Sierra Leone, has accepted an offer of asylum from Nigeria. But Patrick Paasewe, a press liaison officer at the Liberian presidency, said Taylor needed "a few days to put his affairs in order and for his new home to be completed." Moving is such a hassle, all those change of address cards to fill out, have to clean the house if you want your security deposit back, and then you have to schedule the movers to pack up the treasury. "We cannot have our ex-president living in a hotel," he told AFP. A prison would be better. Taylor was set to leave for the Nigerian capital Abuja this afternoon accompanied by Presidents Joachim Chissano of Mozambique and John Kufuor of Ghana. Taylor has also accepted a plush mansion that has been prepared for him in Calabar, capital of the southeastern Cross River State. Taylor’s advance party, made up of some relatives and close aides arrived in Calabar late yesterday and headed for the mansion, located in a quiet part of the city, journalists and residents told AFP. Getting out while the gettings good. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 If--not when--this clown leaves, the CIA needs to arrange a little "accident" for him as well. His "farewell" speech earlier today implied at the end that he'd come back if he felt it was necessary. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-8-11 9:45:03 AM |