Nigeria, April 13 -- On 5 August, 2005, the observatory team representing a coalition of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) raised a matter of urgent concern. Agents of the State Security Service (SSS), acting on orders from above, were searching for Chidi Odinkalu, a 37-year-old lean lawyer leading an international coalition advocating for justice against former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Despite Taylor's indictment, he was hosted by Nigerian authorities under President Obasanjo, sparking controversy.

It has been several years now since that brush with the Obasanjo government, and Charles Taylor has been cooling his heels in Frankland Prison since October 2013. ...