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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   ..... NATIONAL NEWS Malu faults Taylor's asylum at NBA summit By Innocent Anaba Thursday, August 26, 2004 ABUJA - FORMER Chief of Army Staff and ex-ECOMOG commander, General Victor Malu, yesterday faulted asylum the Federal Government gave to former Liberian Leader, Mr Charles Taylor, saying there was no justification for it given the number of Nigerians Taylor ordered killed, both as a rebel leader and president of Liberia. He said that government's gesture to Taylor has only brought all kinds of problems and bad image for the country. He said that the Nigerian people do not approve of it, adding that Taylor ordered the video recording of killings of Nigerian soldiers, which was used to motivate his fighters to kill more Nigerians. Speaking at the on-going Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Abuja in a paper entitled “Responsibility for International War Crime, Peace and Security in the West African Sub-region,” he said “I have heard it argued that the departure of Charles Taylor was necessary and crucial to stop the circle of violence in Liberia and get the UN involved. I do not accept this argument for many reasons. Nevertheless, was it necessary that he should come to Nigeria?” “My difficulty with the decision to host Taylor is that it portends nothing useful or positive for us, instead, it has brought all kinds of problems and bad image for us and most importantly our people do not approve of it. Those who persuaded us to accept Taylor, if actually we were persuaded, because I don’t believe we were, would never go against the wishes of their own population on issues of this nature, nor would they brook any suggestion to even offer a visiting visa to anybody who has murdered and violated their nationals and embassy with such impunity and has remained totally unapologetic to the country and people of Nigeria.”   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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