A soft sell magazine had reported that Taylor’s family members had been ejected from their N2.5m per year rented mansion in Diamond Hills in Calabar.
According to the magazine, the Taylor’s family was left behind in Calabar as he faced criminal charges in The Hague. They were ejected from their home because they were unable to pay their rent. The house belongs to Dr. Joseph Wayas, the Second Republic Senate President.
But a source close to the family said the report was not true, insisting that Taylor’s family never stayed at any building in the Diamond Hills area of Calabar.
The source, who craved anonymity, said while Taylor, a war crime prisoner, stayed in a government lodge (Solomon Uno’s Lodge) around the state House of Assembly complex, his Irish wife lived in a building owned by Joseph Wayas located off Third Avenue in the state Housing Estate.
The source said, “The family relocated from the State Housing apartment owned by the former Senate President to another one located along Atekong Drive shortly after Taylor was arrested, but even at that, the family also did not stay long in the Atekong Drive apartment before leaving Calabar.”
He said the only Taylor’s family presently staying in Calabar is the former president’s younger sister, Nancy, who owned a shop along Atekong drive.
Charles Taylor was forced to resign as president and take up political asylum in Nigeria. He arrived Nigeria with his family on August 12, 2003 but was extradited in 2006 to stand trial for war crimes.
In 2012, he was found guilty of all 11 counts of “aiding and abetting” war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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