Taylor to face justice?

Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has formally asked Nigeria to extradite Charles Taylor. The disgraced former dictator has been in exile for the last few years after being forced out of office. The one-time warlord has been indicted for war crimes by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, where Taylor was accused of arming and funding that country's notorious rebel group, the RUF. It is a very good day for Africa that one of the continent's most infamous criminals may finally be subjected to long overdue justice.

Nigeria's president has repeatedly guaranteed to hand over Taylor upon the request of a democratically-elected Liberian leader. Now that this has occurred, all that is left is for President Obasanjo to keep his promise.