Nigeria Grants Aristide Temporary Asylum

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Nigeria Grants Aristide Temporary Asylum

JOHN MURRAY
Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria has agreed to a request by Caribbean leaders to grant former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide temporary asylum, the nation's presidency said Monday.

The request came from the 15-nation Caribbean Community, known as Caricom, Nigerian presidential spokeswoman Remi Oyo said in a statement late Monday.

The statement did not say whether Aristide had requested - or even agreed to - asylum in Nigeria.

Aristide fled Haiti on Feb. 29 as rebels were closing in on the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. He arrived in Central African Republic on March 1 and stayed there with his wife and two bodyguards until March 15, when he flew to Jamaica to be with his two daughters.

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[shadu]

1. I wish he would stay in Jamaica

Much closer to his country and
we could visit him there.

[Bandit]

2. I don't understand why he can't stay in America. His wife and daughters

are American. He should be allowed to stay with them if they choose. Why does he need to be in exhile? He has not been charged in any criminal activity so what is up with this exhile stuff?