Buhari will face ICC over 2011 post-election violence – PDPPCO

Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, (PDPPCO), yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to drag the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, before the International Criminal Court, ICC over the 2011 Electoral violence in the country.

While addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, March 1, Director, Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani- Kayode, urged Buhari to get prepared for the trial after the elections, on the alleged charges of human rights abuses and criminality.

Fani-Kayode said the government would first demystify Buhari by defeating him at the polls before dragging him to the ICC against the backdrop that it will be risky to arrest him now over the 2011 violence as it would raise dust.

He said: “And after General Buhari’s rejection at the polls, he may have to prepare to face charges of human rights abuses and criminality filed against him before the International Criminal Court on account of the 2011 electoral violence in Nigeria.”

“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.”

“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.”