The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed they will review the petition and other supporting documents, which claim ex Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff and retired Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika were linked with the dreadly sect Boko Haram.
Ex Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff and retired Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika
Later the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), a non-governmental organization whose order is to endorse and protect human rights, appealed the ICC to act on Davis’ disclosures, declaring that the Nigerian government lacked the “political will” to interfere against high-profile defendants like Sheriff and Ihejirika.
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It was read in statement: “With your public admittance of Boko Haram’s activities as qualifying for crimes against humanity, we shall not bother with further legal points to qualify these atrocities under the Rome Statute,” HEDA chairman Olanrewaju Suraju said. “It is also instructive to assert that the Nigerian government, under the current leadership lacks the political will and judicial independence to prosecute the individuals who are friends and former subordinates of the President.”
“We hereby urge the ICC to urgently open immediate examination of this development by inviting Rev. Stephen Davis to provide insight into his revelations, to assist the court in its investigation and possible prosecution of those connected with the crimes,” the statement furthered.
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