The International Criminal Court has commenced
investigation of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, for
statements made about the Igbo’s in the build-up to the
Lagos governorship election.
In the statement, available on line, Mr. Akiolu vowed
that Igbos in Lagos who voted against his preferred
candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, would sink in the
Lagoon. Mr. Ambode of the APC eventually defeated Jimi
Agbaje of the PDP in a highly contested election.
The son of a late former governor of old Anambra State,
Josef Onoh, on April 21, petitioned the ICC on the
statement and asked the world jury to investigate the
threat and bring the monarch to justice.
The ICC had earlier in the year acknowledged receipt of
Mr. Onoh’s petition and promised to give consideration
to his request.
Mr. Onoh petitioned the ICC saying he believes that Mr.
Akiolu’s threat amounted to a call for violence to be
perpetrated against the Igbo in Lagos in the event that
the APC governorship candidate loses the election,
which he noted violates Article 20 of the International
convention and elimination of all forms of racial
discrimination.
“Had the threat been made by any lesser person we
would have dismissed same as an idle threat, but
coming from the Oba of Lagos himself, it was a call to
arms and an incitement to violence against the Igbos,”
Mr. Onoh wrote.
In a second correspondence to Mr. Onoh with reference
number OTP-CR-140/15, dated August 13 2015, ICC’s
Head of the Information & Evidence unit in the office of
the prosecutor, M.P. Dillion, said they were analyzing
the situation identified in his petition with the
assistance of other related communications and other
available information.
Part of the ICC’s latest letter to Mr. Onoh reads: “Under
article 53 of the Rome statute, the prosecutor must
consider whether there is a reasonable basis to believe
that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court have been
committed, the gravity of the crimes, whether national
systems are investigating and prosecuting the relevant
crimes, and the interests of justice.”
Acknowledging receipt of the petition, Mr. Dillon said:
“This communication has been duly entered in the
communications register of the office.”
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