NFF Offers Keshi Fresh Deal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM52LBYYflwNwT43xrwzMAQTnGyetV9vIzgKbR7QfXRRMxep4dx-CZcNVj7nRAawgNr0YBvaL6lh_bEX0m9sfVyuivHrM6Qh3Xjy4VVkWb_-MxShoJmUDs8SnSTdQRIChkdjb4lZBM6Ar/s1600/Keshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM52LBYYflwNwT43xrwzMAQTnGyetV9vIzgKbR7QfXRRMxep4dx-CZcNVj7nRAawgNr0YBvaL6lh_bEX0m9sfVyuivHrM6Qh3Xjy4VVkWb_-MxShoJmUDs8SnSTdQRIChkdjb4lZBM6Ar/s1600/Keshi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Even as there are ongoing moves by Stephen Keshi to step into the vacant Burkina Faso national team job, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, confirmed Monday that a fresh deal for the ex-international to return to the Eagles job would be ready for signing by next week.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pinnick similarly disclosed that a draft copy of the contract would be sent to Keshi today or latest by tomorrow morning for his consideration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Burkina Football Federation (BFF) last week announced Keshi as one of the three individuals on the shortlist for the national team job. Keshi is bidding for the contract alongside German Gernot Rohn and Milovan Rajevac.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the NFF president who recalled that the Technical Committee of the federation had approved the reappointment of Keshi said that the delay in his re-engagement  was done in order to protect both parties from litigation that might arise in the future from contractual disputes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We want to protect Keshi and the federation from the clutches of litigation. We have done everything about the contract and will send the draft to Keshi on Tuesday for his inputs. This is the cause of the delay why we have not formalised an agreement. Hopefully by next week, the contract will be signed and he (Keshi) will be appointed as Super Eagles coach, "Pinnick observed monday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He however admitted that Keshi has the final say whether to accept the Burkinabe proposal in the event he considers the Stallions offer to be more competitive than the package NFF is offering.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Keshi is a man and ultimately he has the final say if he is not satisfied with what we are offering in relation to what Burkina Faso is placing on the table," Pinnick said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The NFF chief recently parleyed with Arsene Wenger on the prospect of some exciting young Arsenal players with Nigerian roots, playing in the stripes of the Super Eagles in the future .</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said he intended to travel to England in a fortnight for exploratory talks with Liverpool Manager,  Roger Brendan on the future of winger Jordon Femi Ibe.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He also plans to discuss with Jose Mourinho at Chelsea as well as Man City gaffer, Manuel Pellegrini on the future of Kelechi Nwakali and Kelechi Ihenacho.</div>

NFF Offers Keshi Fresh Deal

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Obasanjo Holds Talks With The Gambian, Sudanese Presidents

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjKxPqC26q-6YXZKe76kdAZC7BuMe-I_1QTgkzVSV4Vsa-WD_rRQfMceR2Dw8t3AAfkmKXb51I1FO2qCLKBrOrcIiOWSyr4tMTHeoRScmwQ9ACXKz46wCvMCAd3cAfru_2RjA5JYbnzML/s1600/Obasanjo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjKxPqC26q-6YXZKe76kdAZC7BuMe-I_1QTgkzVSV4Vsa-WD_rRQfMceR2Dw8t3AAfkmKXb51I1FO2qCLKBrOrcIiOWSyr4tMTHeoRScmwQ9ACXKz46wCvMCAd3cAfru_2RjA5JYbnzML/s1600/Obasanjo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has held crucial talks with President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Obasanjo, who was one of four African leaders invited to private talks with President Jammeh after the 50th Independence Anniversary of The Gambia, briefed reporters on his visit saying discussions centered on the recent coup attempt, security in The Gambia and the future of the nation’s economy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “One of the points that we looked at together is what this country has going for it,” Obasanjo said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “There is relative peace, relative stability, relative continuity and relative security. These are necessary ingredients to fast track development and growth as a democratic country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “This is why I said to my brother (President Jammeh) that nothing stops The Gambia from being the Switzerland of West Africa. Switzerland is a small country but it is a great country. Gambia is a small country but it is on the path of being great.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He added that it is in the interest of all Africans that The Gambia grows to become a great country. “I, therefore, hold myself ready to be a partner in pursuance of that great objective,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After the meeting with Chief Obasanjo, President Jammeh held further talks with the Presidents of Ghana, Mauritania and Equatorial Guinea.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, also hosted Obasanjo in Khartoum to discuss insecurity and instability in Africa, especially the crisis in Libya which has adversely affected other parts of Africa.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Briefing local and international media after the private meeting which lasted over 30 minutes, Chief Obasanjo said the meeting provided both leaders opportunity to examine peace and security issues in Africa, particularly the situation in North Africa.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Peace, security and stability which are fundamental to the development of any nation must be our preoccupation,” Chief Obasanjo said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We must do everything possible to ensure that all over Africa, and particularly in North Africa, efforts are made to guarantee peace, security and stability no matter where the need arises.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “My brother (President al-Bashir) and I have agreed to work together with other partners to ensure that stability is achieved in the region and across the continent,” he added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Obasanjo chairs the Africa Union’s commission of inquiry on South Sudan and has been a leading advocate of peace and security in Africa, a <b><a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obasanjo-holds-crucial-talks-with-the-gambian-sudanese-presidents/202544/">ThisDay</a></b> report says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the 1990s, he initiated the Conference on Security, Stability Development and Co-operation in Africa (CSSDCA), a policy development process created to function within the framework of the African Union and adopted at the 36th Session of the Assembly in Lome, Togo, in July 2000.</div>

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VIDEO: Buhari In Chat With Tinubu In London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9rXLIQba-co2SHgP1YLavYh-iYBifzzELxLVxEMgqkAPHqrDLt-HkyMB3RM9fmcvPMukYlqRL9Z45Qh48g9aUz8nYpT9ucLChDfzMvmNS7s1waGvMXUws5wavjtPuw6gk_zyXJjB25_T/s1600/GMB+Tinubu.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9rXLIQba-co2SHgP1YLavYh-iYBifzzELxLVxEMgqkAPHqrDLt-HkyMB3RM9fmcvPMukYlqRL9Z45Qh48g9aUz8nYpT9ucLChDfzMvmNS7s1waGvMXUws5wavjtPuw6gk_zyXJjB25_T/s1600/GMB+Tinubu.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari can crack a joke when the moment is right. This one may be on Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, remotely 'stalking' him on his visit to London, even when what he gets is a completely false picture.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The video was shot on Monday 23 February, 2015 at Cavendish Road, London.</div> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/01d1vXHpyc4" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Credit: SaharaReporters</b>

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Buhari Will Never Rule Nigeria Again - Fayose

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowwIgxS4PeZIjOWj735ABWPCQ9fYTS1v5YceZ5F6u5auNlbbOiVEewpeWzpUd3htx9y7EfaoazVlLWfOKjHB4N2tplsBNmIKo_Elgu-bDl6O1i6N15u4ajz4bRQis7ik9mI4Gd9GQFr0w/s1600/fayose-court-ekiti.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowwIgxS4PeZIjOWj735ABWPCQ9fYTS1v5YceZ5F6u5auNlbbOiVEewpeWzpUd3htx9y7EfaoazVlLWfOKjHB4N2tplsBNmIKo_Elgu-bDl6O1i6N15u4ajz4bRQis7ik9mI4Gd9GQFr0w/s1600/fayose-court-ekiti.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday boasted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “will never be Nigeria president again.”</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governor also challenged the former Head of State to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit the hospital in the United Kingdom last week.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said, “I wish they can see spiritually what I am talking about that Buhari, despite the hullabaloo will never be president. I predicted my return as Ekiti State governor and I am saying it again that Buhari will never rule Nigeria again.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “After President Goodluck Jonathan, there will be a young element in his late 50s from the North that will be Nigerian president. I want to liken this revelation to the story of Elijah and Elisha. I am the Elijah while my followers are Elisha.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said he never wished Buhari dead.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He added, “I owe it a duty to Nigeria and its people to expose the antics of the APC cabal whose only interest is to seize power to further selfish interests.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Without doubt, it is obvious that members of this cabal in the APC is trying so hard to deceive Nigerians on Buhari’s health status. That is the reason they have been using photoshop pictures to defend their lies on Buhari’s UK trip.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “First, they used a March 5, 2013 picture, claiming that Buhari was taking a walk in London on Thursday. Later they came up with another poorly cropped picture of Buhari with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The same people who lied in September 2012 that they received a gold card invitation to attend the Democratic National Convention in the United States of America are behind the dressing of Buhari in the garment of lies and I challenge Buhari to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit hospital in the United Kingdom last week.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But, a group in the Ekiti State has described Fayose as a “political stalker” whose actions should be viewed as a threat to the life of Buhari.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a statement by its spokesperson, Mr. Segun Dipe, the Action Group operating within the APC in Ekiti, asked Fayose to tender an unreserved apology for having the general on his death-wish list.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dipe said, “Everyone should put Fayose on notice how his words and deeds have been threatening the life of General Buhari.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The indecorous governor is bent on seeing the APC presidential candidate dead before the March 28 presidential election because his party is sure of losing the election, and he feels he will stew for it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “That a Fayose could be hounding Buhari with death threat is quite unwarranted and unfortunate. He has sent spies after our presidential candidate and may soon start toying with the idea of snipers, that is, if he has not already.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “That Fayose is fraudulent, corrupt, inept, indecorous and uncouth is not in doubt. That he is unambiguous in his wish for Buhari’s death is not in doubt either. What is worrisome to us is why the twice-lucky governor should be trailing the General even beyond the shores of Nigeria, to ensure that his wish against him comes to pass.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dipe hinted that his group was aware that Fayose in his alleged desperation to see Buhari dead had travelled to UK just about the same time that Buhari travelled and had been trailing the movement of the General abroad.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said, “He wants to hold on to power by all means possible and he knows that an integrity-driven person like Buhari as president would clip his wings.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Our group is calling on all well-meaning persons in Nigeria and across the globe to call Fayose to order as his actions and words amount to not only wishing Buhari dead but driving the General to his death. God forbid.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The group also calls on all sons and daughters of Ekiti who are desirous of rejecting the toga of indecorous and gluttony, which Fayose has brought on them, to come out enmasse and vote General Buhari in as president come March 28, as well as the candidates presented by APC for all the other political positions at the polls.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “A vote for APC is a vote against Fayose’s indecorous ways and PDP’s clueless impunity.”</div>

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Bash Ali In Kuje Prison Over Brawl With NEXIM Bank

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayd2Nr0IPgOYmUxT4xeVx7hxthVPw4Y1fY4e3Apsj1GUkeO-BKtzkj2GZAYBIvVGzsZdk6KKAjS-xsmk5PQeUIT8gWt4Dk-doIahpNJpumcUEG8C4otCv1tqJzuDeu315IZDWge2FTvIf/s1600/bash_ali.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayd2Nr0IPgOYmUxT4xeVx7hxthVPw4Y1fY4e3Apsj1GUkeO-BKtzkj2GZAYBIvVGzsZdk6KKAjS-xsmk5PQeUIT8gWt4Dk-doIahpNJpumcUEG8C4otCv1tqJzuDeu315IZDWge2FTvIf/s1600/bash_ali.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Nigeria’s oldest boxer, Bash Ali, was last Thursday, taken into police custody after a prolonged row with Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM, over the sponsorship of a Guinness Book of World Record fight.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The boxer, in his seventies, was taken away on Wednesday after the bank accused him of threatening to bomb its premises in Abuja before calling in the police.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ali has denied the allegation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I never said I will bomb their office", Mr. Ali said. “If any institution owned by government disobeys the order of Mr. President because of corruption, that institution should be closed down. That is what I said.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said his arrest was an attempt to silence him from exposing the bank's management's demand for bribe.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The boxer and three members of his team were arrested and charged for nuisance the following day, after spending a night at the notorious SARS unit. The court subsequently remanded them in Kuje prison custody.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The boxer’s ambition to place his name in the Guinness Book of World Record has seen him picket many institutions over the last decade, including the Nigerian Police Force, headquarters of the ruling People’s Democratic Party and the National Assembly.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the last decade, Mr. Ali lived for several days on the street corners, bus stops and gates of institutions he targeted. When Mr. Ali chooses a target, he camps there, occupies the office and pickets them until he is heard.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His cause climaxed in 2013 when the National Sports Commission set up a Local Organizing Committee for the fight. NEXIM Bank was offered a seat on that committee. Mr. Ali claims it was at the inauguration of the committee on January 7, 2014 that NEXIM got a “presidential” directive to provide $30 million for the fight.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “That’s their role on the committee,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Bank denies knowledge of the directive and said it demanded copies of the directive severally from Mr. Ali, but he was “never able to produce” them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “NEXIM does not finance sports activities. Notwithstanding this explanation, Bash Ali did not relent but decided to adopt every means to extort the $1,000,000 from the Bank.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ali argues that, neither the “directive” nor NEXIM’s claim that it does not fund sports activities, is the reason the bank refused to provide funding for the fight.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the Managing Director of the bank, Robert Orya, demanded 10 percent of the $30 million support funds in bribe and “I said no.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “He also demanded $100 million in bribe from the projected pay per view revenue from the match and I said no,” Mr. Ali said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The boxer said after he turned down the bribery demands, since February 2014, the bank began withdrawing from the project - the reason he targeted the bank.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/177382-ex-boxing-champion-bash-ali-arrested-over-row-with-bank.html">PREMIUM TIMES</a></b> reports that the bank denied the allegations.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hearing on the nuisance and threat to life charges, as well as Mr. Ali’s bail application, begins on March 4.</div>

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Gbagbo's Wife Appears In Court Over Election Violence

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyslJX7dbHzh7p4co6SSBFzSVeTb17QAQG324OG8smWYgQ_juluNRFjOFw-Gx8Ed86cxCnYKaq_hsS8NZHsxFLtOoWlvLefnKbzFompvm0cf4B4KjBEf180ZU2QwzLK1TSHyJL5eeFM7l/s1600/Gbagbo+Mrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyslJX7dbHzh7p4co6SSBFzSVeTb17QAQG324OG8smWYgQ_juluNRFjOFw-Gx8Ed86cxCnYKaq_hsS8NZHsxFLtOoWlvLefnKbzFompvm0cf4B4KjBEf180ZU2QwzLK1TSHyJL5eeFM7l/s1600/Gbagbo+Mrs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Monday questioned the charges against her as she appeared in court for the first time accused of undermining state security.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I don’t know exactly what the concrete actions are that I am being accused of", Gbagbo said, insisting also that her husband Laurent Gbagbo was the legitimate winner of a 2010 presidential election that sparked five months of violence that claimed some 3,000 lives.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ahead of her appearance, police moved to separate supporters and opponents of the Gbagbos as scuffles broke out outside the courtroom.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To shouts of “Murderers!” from opponents referring to the post-electoral bloodshed, supporters shouted back “Liars!”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Simone Gbagbo, 65, and 82 fellow defendants are accused of playing roles in violence that broke out in Abidjan when Laurent Gbagbo refused to admit defeat in the December 2010 election.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former president himself is in The Hague awaiting trial in July for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The defeated regime allegedly used brutal militias to attack supporters of the declared winner of the poll, Alassane Ouattara, but some of his backers are equally accused of atrocities, at a total cost of more than 3,000 lives.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Gbagbos were arrested in April 2011, with Simone taken into custody in the north of the west African country while her husband was eventually turned over to the ICC.</div>

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