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#lekkimassacre: ICC Opens Preliminary Findings Against Nigerian Army, Others by tamdun: 5:22pm On Nov 04, 2020
#LekkiMassacre: ICC opens preliminary findings against Nigerian Army, other actors

The international criminal court has launched preliminary findings to establish the role of Nigerian Army and other actors in the October 20 fatal shooting of protesters in Lagos.

At least nine Nigerians were killed when soldiers opened live rounds by Lekki Toll-Gate, south of the commercial capital, during a dusk operation to quell then-ongoing #EndSARS agitation against police brutality.

The Nigerian Army has denied wrongdoing, but citizens and world leaders have called for a thorough investigation of the attack, which came as protesters were singing the national anthem. Lagos authorities also denied wrongoing.

But an ICC prosecutor confirmed to the BBC on Wednesday that the international crimes tribunal has received a petition that carried claims of the massacre.

Investigators at the ICC are not trying to “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute… are met,” the BBC reported on Wednesday.

The BBC said the ICC confirmed that the person who filed the petition had already made its details public, although Peoples Gazette has yet to identify the petitioner or specific details of their criminal complaints.

A spokesman for the Nigerian Army did not immediately return a request seeking comments about the investigation. But Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai had said last week advised soldiers not to be afraid of an ICC inquiry into the deadly Lekki operation, saying it met legal and operational criteria.
https://peoplesgazette.com/lekkimassacre-icc-opens-preliminary-findings-against-nigerian-army-other-actors/


http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/04/endsars-international-criminal-court-begins-probe-shooting-protesters-lekki-nigerian-army

Re: #lekkimassacre: ICC Opens Preliminary Findings Against Nigerian Army, Others by estirocky(f): 5:29pm On Nov 04, 2020
Burutai must answer
Re: #lekkimassacre: ICC Opens Preliminary Findings Against Nigerian Army, Others by tamdun: 5:37pm On Nov 04, 2020
onaTano:
Justice will prevail
I don't think there's enough evidence out there, the fake news is too much
Re: #lekkimassacre: ICC Opens Preliminary Findings Against Nigerian Army, Others by Nobody: 6:37pm On Nov 04, 2020
tamdun:
#LekkiMassacre: ICC opens preliminary findings against Nigerian Army, other actors

The international criminal court has launched preliminary findings to establish the role of Nigerian Army and other actors in the October 20 fatal shooting of protesters in Lagos.

At least nine Nigerians were killed when soldiers opened live rounds by Lekki Toll-Gate, south of the commercial capital, during a dusk operation to quell then-ongoing #EndSARS agitation against police brutality.

The Nigerian Army has denied wrongdoing, but citizens and world leaders have called for a thorough investigation of the attack, which came as protesters were singing the national anthem. Lagos authorities also denied wrongoing.

But an ICC prosecutor confirmed to the BBC on Wednesday that the international crimes tribunal has received a petition that carried claims of the massacre.

Investigators at the ICC are not trying to “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute… are met,” the BBC reported on Wednesday.

The BBC said the ICC confirmed that the person who filed the petition had already made its details public, although Peoples Gazette has yet to identify the petitioner or specific details of their criminal complaints.

A spokesman for the Nigerian Army did not immediately return a request seeking comments about the investigation. But Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai had said last week advised soldiers not to be afraid of an ICC inquiry into the deadly Lekki operation, saying it met legal and operational criteria.
https://peoplesgazette.com/lekkimassacre-icc-opens-preliminary-findings-against-nigerian-army-other-actors/


http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/04/endsars-international-criminal-court-begins-probe-shooting-protesters-lekki-nigerian-army
The lifeless man and his aboki soldiers must spend the rest of their years at the Hague. That's where they belong. Both of them are grand criminals.
Re: #lekkimassacre: ICC Opens Preliminary Findings Against Nigerian Army, Others by sammysmiles(m): 6:39pm On Nov 04, 2020
This country is a complete joke....

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