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Nigeria Agrees to Extradite Taylor to Liberia
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when extradition will take place





Charles Taylor (file photo)Nigeria has agreed to extradite Liberia's
exiled former president, Charles Taylor, to Liberia.

The Nigerian government made the announcement in an official statement
Saturday.  It is not known when the extradition will take place.

A United Nations-backed court in Sierra Leone indicted Taylor on war
crimes charges.  He was granted asylum in Nigeria in 2003 to help end
Liberia's 14-year civil war.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf previously had urged African
leaders to agree to send Taylor to a war crimes tribunal for
prosecution.

The government statement said Nigeria resisted calls to turn Taylor
over to the special war crimes court because it would have violated
the agreement under which Taylor left office.

Nigeria had maintained that Taylor would only be handed over to
Liberia if a democratically elected Liberian government made a
request.


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