Prof. Goran Sluiter represents Biafra at the ICC in Hague; files Criminal Complaint against Buhari for human right abuse
The Indigenous People of Biafra have retained lawyer Prof. Dr. Göran
Sluiter to file a complaint against Nigerian President Buhari before the
International Criminal Court
Prof.
Sluitter has been instructed to file a criminal complaint against
Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari before the International Criminal
Court (ICC), on account of crimes against humanity.
The people of Biafra, living in the South
of Nigeria, have been trying to exercise their right to
self-determination for decades now. They have been systematically
oppressed by the Nigerian government and have suffered serious human
rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity. With the
election of new Nigerian President Buhari, violence and crimes committed
against the people of Biafra have intensified. This is exemplified by
the recent unlawful arrest and detention of Biafra’s leader, mr. Nnamdi
Kanu, since 14 October 2015.
Prof.
Goran Sluiter is convinced that there is more than enough evidence to
have the ICC Prosecutor conclude that the people of Biafra are the
victim of crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC and that President
Buhari plays an essential role in these crimes.
He
also points out that the situation in Nigeria –including other crimes
committed by Buhari, namely the electoral violence of 2011- has been
under preliminary examination of the ICC for some time now and that the
moment has come for the Prosecutor of the ICC to launch a full criminal
investigation
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