IN what seemed like a disagreement of authority,Nigeria ignored UN directives but rather upheld AU resolutions, two organisation of which she is a member

NIGERIA may be sanctioned by the United Nations for the visit of the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, to the country
The International Criminal Court, The Hague, said on Tuesday, that it might report Nigeria to the UN Security Council for possible sanction over its failure to arrest al-Bashir, during his visit to the country.
Al-Bashir cut short his visit to Nigeria and abruptly left on Monday amid calls for his arrest by groups and activists.
ICC said it had on Monday sentofficial request to Nigeria, demanding the arrest of al-Bashir to enforce the international arrest warrants issued on him since 2009.
The ICC issued the warrants on March 4, 2009 and July 12, 2010, after indicting him for crime against humanity in the Darfur crisis.
An ICC spokesman, Fadi El-Abdallah, was quoted by Financial Times as saying that the three judges trying Bashir's case might have to ask the UN Security Council to sanction Nigeria for violating its commitments as a signatoryto the court's founding treaty.
El-Abdallah said, "The judges have asked the court's registry to prepare a report on Mr Bashir's visit to Nigeria. After that it is up to them to decide whether to refer it to the Security Council."
The Sudanese leader had arrived in Nigeria on Sunday to attend an African Union summit on HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria, whichwas to end on Tuesday, but left abruptly on Monday.
But spokesman for Sudanese Embassy in Nigeria, MohammedMoiz, told The Washington Post that his country's head left to fulfil other engagements.
Barely 24 hours after his arrival, a coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Federal Government to enforce the ICC warrant for Al-Bashir's arrest.
Meanwhile, a group under the aegis of Nigeria's on International Court of Justice on Tuesday protested against the country's failure to arrest al-Bashir.
The peaceful protest held within the premises of the International Conference Centre in Abuja, where the AU summit held.
The Chairman (steering committee) of NCICJ, Mr. Chima Obiagwu, who led placard-carrying members of the group, condemned the reception accorded to al-Bashir by the Nigerian government.
A human rights group, PEN Nigeria Centre, described al-Bashir's visit as "nothing but an insult on Nigerians as well as an indictment of the Goodluck Jonathan's administration."
The group's Secretary-General, Ropo Ewenla, said Nigeria, as party to the Rome Statue, was bound to execute the arrest warrants issued by the ICC against al-Bashir, when he was within its jurisdiction.
EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, stressed in her statement the need for member states to abide by andimplement the resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council under Chapter VII of the UN Charter

It is however important to note that contrary to ICC directives to arrest fugitive al-Bashir the AU resolution asked it members, nigeria inclusive not to arrest al-bashir.

emmysenior: Blood is thicker than water...

AU is closer to us than the UN, they don't expect us to betray our brothers cos of their hypocritical agendas...

WildChild00: The question is why has UN not taking any action against George .W. Bush and Tony.Blair. of the united kingdom, for crime against humanity they committed when in office? eg in Iraq etc.

WildChild00: The question is why has UN not taking any action against George .W. Bush and Tony.Blair. of the united kingdom, for crime against humanity they committed when in office? eg in Iraq etc.

It’s not Nigeria that invited him. He’s not here on a bilateral visit. He’s here to participate in an AU summit, and Nigeria is not in a position to determine who attends an AU event and who does not attend …

Nigeria is just providing the platform for the meeting

chidindufrank: The same ICC that connived with Gowon and OBJ and handed over Biafran land (Bakasi) to cameroun

The International Criminal Court, The Hague, said on Tuesday, that it might report Nigeria to the UN Security Council for possible sanction over its failure to arrest al-Bashir, during his visit to the country.

4 Play: Al-Bashir committed his atrocities against Africans in the name of Arab supremacy and we have Africans on this thread and in the AU defending him.