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ICC probes Nigerian Army, Boko Haram over human rights abuses

written by Samuel Etuk April 15, 2016
ICC probes Nigerian Army, Boko Haram over human rights abuses

The International Criminal Court, ICC, has commenced the process of investigating human rights abuses by the Nigerian military.Nigerian-Army

The Netherlands-based court will also investigate abuses by Boko Haram, the terror group whose activities has caused the death of about 20,000 people in Nigeria since its onslaught in 2009.

The military has been accused of illegal killings by local and international groups most especially Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

The Federal Government however on Wednesday expressed commitment to uphold the highest standards of human rights in the conduct of all international affairs, including counter-insurgency operations in the country.

Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the pledge when he received a delegation from the office of Madame Fatou Bensouda, the ICC Prosecutor.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Salihu Isah, the minister assured the delegation that Nigeria had high value for its relationship with the ICC. Malami said the Nigerian Army had conducted its operations in the North East of the country in a highly professional manner, imbibing best practices in the areas of international human rights.

He also said he was aware of the eight case files opened against Nigeria by the ICC, which the prosecutor intended to investigate in her next stage of assessment of the Nigerian situation.

According to him, six of the alleged cases were committed by the Boko Haram sect, while the remaining two are by the Nigerian Armed Forces.

The minister insisted that Nigeria had the rights to handle alleged crimes referred to in the prosecutor’s 2015 report of activities in the country. Responding, leader of delegation,

Phakiso Choko, said the prosecutor did not intend to compromise the sovereign rights of Nigeria in investigating crimes and meting out punishment.

He said most cases referred to the ICC were the ones host nations were unable to resolve through internal mechanism.

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