Sirleaf bars Taylor passage
2006-03-27 17:22
Monrovia - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Monday she wanted her predecessor, Charles Taylor, to go directly to Sierra Leone from Nigeria to face war crimes charges rather than pass through Liberia.
"Taylor should rather go to Sierra Leone rather than coming to Liberia," Sirleaf said during a meeting with religious leaders at her official residence in Monrovia.
"Mr Taylor was not indicted by a Liberian court and therefore he is not needed by a Liberian court."
Meanwhile, it is reported from Abuja that on Monday Nigeria dismissed calls from war crimes prosecutors for it to detain Charles Taylor, saying he was free to leave if he wished.
- AFP