Criminal Court To Probe Patience Jonathan
The Internal Criminal Court on Monday said Nigeria’s First
Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is liable to prosecution.
The global criminal court added that it had begun conducting
preliminary examinations relating to the situations in Nigeria.
In an email written to our correspondent, the Office of the
prosecutor stated that it received the petition written by the major opposition
party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, asking the ICC to prosecute
President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife for making inciting comments that might lead
to violence.
The email read, “Under Article 15 of the Rome Statue, the
Prosecutor of the ICC may receive information on crimes within the jurisdiction
on the Court (also called ‘Communication’).
“With regards to your enquiry, the Office of the Prosecutor
of the International Criminal Court can confirm receipt of the communication
referred to since the sender (APC) has made this fact public in the media.”
It added that the court would take all the necessary steps,
which will likely include interrogating the President’s wife and others
mentioned in the petition of the APC.
“The office will give consideration to this communication,
as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Rome Statue of the
International Criminal Court, as it does with all such communications,” the
email sent to our correspondent concluded.
Also, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court,
Fatou Bensouda, on Monday issued a press statement made available to our correspondent.
In it, she reiterated the stance of the ICC to prosecute
anyone who promotes or instigates violence before, during or after the general
elections.
The ICC prosecutor noted that it had already started to
conduct independent and impartial investigations and prosecution of the crimes
of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Uganda, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Darfur, Sudan, Libya, Ivory Coast and Mali.
“The Office is also conducting preliminary examinations
relating to the situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras,
Iraq, Nigeria, Ukraine and Palestine,” the ICC said.
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