According to the African Herald Express report on the issue published on February 20, 2015, Dutch lawyers– Prakken d’Oliveira, a Human Rights Law Firm based in Amsterdam, said it had filed a criminal complaint against General Muhammadu Buhari at the ICC.
Prakken d’ Oliveira, led by Prof. Sluiter, Lawyer and Partner, is said to be acting on behalf of the Nigerian Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice and two individual victims.
“The full version of the criminal complaint is available on the following links in two parts – Criminal Complaint Against Gen Buhari 1 and Criminal Complaint Against Gen Buhari 2. The complaint, according to the report, alleges that General Buhari incited and orchestrated the electoral violence in Nigeria in 2011, which led to the violent murder of over 938 and 735 injured, many of them children, women and young men.
“The complaint, the report further said, “presents factual evidence including the names and descriptions of a sampling of those who lost their lives in the violence.
These include youth corpers who were killed in Giade, Bauchi State in the 2011 post-election violence, namely:
“Agnes Anyanwu of Imo State origin; Ms Anyanwu in spite of being pregnant was gang-raped to death Michael Obinna Okpokiri (NYSC No BA/10C/0950) of Abia state Origin Elliot Adowei (NYSC No BA/11A/0274) of Delta State Origin Paul Seun Adewunmi (NYSC N0 BA/10B/1301) of Ekiti State origin Ikechukwu Chibuzor Ukeoma (NYSC No BA/11A/1354) of Imo state origin Anslem Nkwazema (NYSC No BA/10B/1160 of Imo State origin Olawale Tosin Teidi (NYSC No BA.10C/1220) of Kogi State Origin Sule Ibrahim Akonji (NYSC No BA/11A/1009) of Kogi State origin Ayotunde Ebenezer Gbenjo (NYSC No BA/10B/0463) of Osun State origin Jehleel Kehinde Adeniyi (NYSC No BA/10B/0197? of Osun State origin)
“The complaint, the report added, avers that the Nigerian electoral violence of 2011 warrants investigation and prosecution by the ICC.
“Indeed, international focus is on General Buhari for the 2011 post-election violence and we hope that he is brought to justice for the blood that was shed by his supporters in the violence of 2011; and, we hope he will not precipitate another round of violence in 2015 when he loses”. (Logo Picture: Google)
