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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.”

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/188829-icc-investigates-oba-of-lagos-for-anti-igbo-remarks.html

Laughing.

hian

HungerBAD:
Laughing.

Why won't u find it funny when all u do on nl is to be looking for anti-Igbo threads to spite them?

I expect Oba Akiolu's statement to be condemned by all. Well except by people like you and dr Ariyo

When did voting a candidate of your choice become a crime in Nigeria?


Oh by the way, proudly 5%

Wait o...Is dis Oba still alive? thought he was among the dead Bristol Helicopter victims.


An Oba who wishes me dead, does not deserve life!
We don't need ICC in dis matter...Oba must die by Lagoon!!!

I will not join words with a man who was rigged in as OBA. He is a disgrace to that throne.



Some people will come here and ask us to let sleeping dogs lie but they forget that for every action there is a reaction

Rose2014:


Why won't u find it funny when all u do on nl is to be looking for anti-Igbo threads to spite them?

@op it's about time our leaders are held accountable for careless utterances

Laughing too at you.

Somebody wrote in here some days ago, that all your cries should be sent to the JOKES section, I agree.

You guys carry a deep resentment against letting go.

PROVACATEUR:
I will not join words with a man who was rigged in as OBA. He is a disgrace to that throne.



Some people will come here and ask us to let sleeping dogs lie but they forget that for every action there is a reaction

And you think your online reaction counts?

HungerBAD:


Laughing too at you.

Somebody wrote in here some days ago, that all your cries should be sent to the JOKES section, I agree.

You guys carry a deep resentment against letting go.

Did I hear Letting go?
You haven't seen anything wrong in Akiolu's statement rather u see something wrong with Igbos letting go? What a sophisticated lot

I'm done with u biko

HungerBAD:


Laughing too at you.

Somebody wrote in here some days ago, that all your cries should be sent to the JOKES section, I agree.

You guys carry a deep resentment against letting go.

U talk about letting go in such an insensitive manner. Who are u to decide how a person or people react to being hurt? Especially when no actual remorse has been shown! U don't get to decide how long they can 'wail' for or even how they choose to go about it.

Good one by Onoh

I am speechless...

kenny987:


U talk about letting go in such an insensitive manner. Who are u to decide how a person or people react to being hurt? Especially when no actual remorse has been shown! U don't get to decode how long they can 'wail' for or even how they choose to go about it.

Have you not said things and you instantly regret it? And you hide your head in shame privately?

This is an OBA Who used poor words, but could not for the sake of the Office he holds, make a formal public apology.

But of course his foot soldiers, left and right were apologizing on his behalf, this included top politicians, common sense will tell you he sent them to apologize.

What kind of remorse did you want him to show? Take a full advertorial on a National Newspaper to beg?

You guys should let a sleeping dog enjoys it's nap, after eating biscuit bone.

Its gonna b a more sane world
Wen leaders are held accountable for their utterances

Firefire:
I am speechless...

You Don reach here?

HungerBAD:


Laughing too at you.

Somebody wrote in here some days ago, that all your cries should be sent to the JOKES section, I agree.

You guys carry a deep resentment against letting go.

Saint Hun, why have Yorubas not forgiven Saraki and Dogora?
Rather than forgiving him you prefer blackmailing him daily.
Why is Tinubu hunting Fashola ? The world now understands you better.

HungerBAD:


And you think your online reaction counts?

Imagine the devilish hypocrisy of those people. They assume sleeping dogs shouldn't be allowed to lie yet want us to, just like Reverend Kukawa, let bygones be bygones over Jonathan's regime's unmitigated stealing.

I condemned the Oba statement then and still hold the opinion it was very provocative and unbecoming of a figure his standing in the society- but some people who see people like Nnamdi Kanuwa et al who preach the extermination of a people as role models have no right whatsoever demanding such justice.

Rose2014:


Oga hypocrite have u proven the bolded?
And what has that got to do with an oba's inciteful statement?

U used to argue better than u do these days, no offence

Did you even understand what I wrote at all What do you mean by "have you proven the bolded"?? People are saying Jonathan's regime is gone and we should forgot about probing him and just move on (let sleeping dogs lie) and you ask "have you proven the bolded"?? What manner of upside down reasoning is that?? What exactly should I prove: that he shouldn't be probed or that you guys don't hold the opinion he shouldn't be probed??

As regards how it relates to this issue, I'm saying you people are hypocrites to say we should let sleeping dogs lie on over Jonathan's regime while in the same breath state Oba's case should be investigated. But I'm not surprised though, warped logic has always been the cornerstone of you guys' MO.

And for the record, I don't give a beetle's fart your opinion on how I used to argue then and what it is now. I don't know you, neither do you me. I bet if it wasn't for this forum, perhaps I never would have had the misfortune of crossing paths with most of the scoundrels that populate the forum.

When you are done reading, you can go to hell in 75 different ways.

E-war looms. Cc:superstar1

HungerBAD:
Laughing.

continue laughing

That werey oba should be dethroned and made the abobaku for the next oba.He is a disgrace to the lagos royal throne

kenny987:


U talk about letting go in such an insensitive manner. Who are u to decide how a person or people react to being hurt? Especially when no actual remorse has been shown! U don't get to decode how long they can 'wail' for or even how they choose to go about it.

Don't mind him
Letting go when his peeps followed up with posters like this

HungerBAD:


You Don reach here?

from where ?

All good nigerians should support biafrans to achieve their biafra. ..so that we can have peace in Nigeria. ..I want a sophisticated and progressive Odu'a republic devoid of drug dealer and ogogoro drinking fishermen

kernel501:


Saint Hun, why have Yorubas not forgiven Saraki and Dogora?
Rather than forgiving him you prefer blackmailing him daily.
Why is Tinubu hunting Fashola ? The world now understands you better.

Saraki the turncoat? Dogara the betrayer? This one is a different kind of war.

We will not stop until these two frauds are removed from their position in the upper chambers.

These guys are criminals.

I laugh in Igbo

King Hate the First

HungerBAD:


Saraki the turncoat? Dogara the betrayer? This one is a different kind of war.

We will not stop until these two frauds are removed from their position in the upper chambers.

These guys are criminals.

NASS is not odualand, why don't you go and remove Emir of Ilorin

Good move

HungerBAD:


Have you not said things and you instantly regret it? And you hide your head in shame privately?

This is an OBA Who used poor words, but could not for the sake of the Office he holds, make a formal public apology.

But of course his foot soldiers, left and right were apologizing on his behalf, this included top politicians, common sense will tell you he sent them to apologize.

What kind of remorse did you want him to show? Take a full advertorial on a National Newspaper to beg?

You guys should let a sleeping dog enjoys it's nap, after eating biscuit bone.

First, no unreserved apology and acknowledgement of wrongdoing has ever been communicated even on his behalf. The so-called emissaries only tried to justify or cover up the obvious intent of such utterances. He is the only one that can actually convey remorse for making such hateful statements and allowing others do his job for him amounts to further rubbing it in the faces of those he threatened. Even a child u beat up will keep crying and seeking attention till u comfort him or her then how much more intelligent adults and fellow Nigerians! If he is truly regretful then it is not too much to ask for him to take responsibility for his words and own up to them! If he mustered so much pride and high handedness as 'a whole Oba' to make such statements then he should be humane and humble enough to apologise and make amends. That is the hallmark of a great leader...being able to own up to mistakes and make up for them.

Nobody is going to demand his head on a platter but an acknowledgement and apology even going further to enjoin his subjects to embrace peace with the people he threatened and vilified will suffice. In as much as he is too much of an Oba to do so then the affected people are free to keep that dog awake! If he did not send emissaries to attack then he should not send them to cover-up.

omenka:
Imagine the devilish hypocrisy of those people. They assume sleeping dogs shouldn't be allowed to lie yet want us to, just like Reverend Kukawa, let bygones be bygones over Jonathan's regime's unmitigated stealing.

I condemned the Oba statement then and still hold the opinion it was very provocative and unbecoming of a figure his standing in the society- but some people who see people like Nnamdi Kanuwa et al who preach the extermination of a people as role models have no right whatsoever demanding such justice.

Nairaland elite,can't your day pass without Nnamdi Kanu on your mind?

Some people are dreaming about Nnamdi Kanu but don't know how to stop the dream.

ICC should investigate Gowon,Buhari,Obasanjo and IBB. Those are the criminals.

Oba Akiolu just showed openly what 80% of his people feel. I ignore him because his noise didn't pass Illorin in Kwara Fulani Caliphate.

IPOB Youth

omenka:
Imagine the devilish hypocrisy of those people. They assume sleeping dogs shouldn't be allowed to lie yet want us to, just like Reverend Kukawa, let bygones be bygones over Jonathan's regime's unmitigated stealing.

I condemned the Oba statement then and still hold the opinion it was very provocative and unbecoming of a figure his standing in the society- but some people who see people like Nnamdi Kanuwa et al who preach the extermination of a people as role models have no right whatsoever demanding such justice.

Oga hypocrite have u proven the bolded?
And what has the bolded even go to do with the oba's inciteful statement over voting right?

U used to argue better than u do these days, no offence

Mtchwww... Like this case will go anywhere