The move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reform its system as part of efforts to mend relations with African countries is a welcome development, and a crucial moment for the continent, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
 
 
Prof. Osinbajo stated this Tuesday when he received on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Karim Khan, who is visiting the country.
 
 
The Vice President said the proposal to reform the international justice system would “reassure African countries that there is room for negotiations and that the ICC is not just out to witch hunt any individual or organisation.”
 
 
Prof. Osinbajo noted that it is important to create a system that builds relationships and credibility among member states, “creating a sense that everyone can be treated fairly.”
 
 
Commending the Court for making the bold move, the VP said “the steps that you are taking are very crucial. For Nigeria, you will get all the cooperation, and at the end of the day, people must feel that the system is just and fair to all.”
 
 
Earlier in his remarks, the visiting ICC Prosecutor, Mr Khan expressed excitement at the visit, noting that “it comes at a critical time in the history of the continent,” acknowledging Nigeria’s role in Africa.
 
 
Khan explained that the Court, through the proposed roadmap for reforms, would assist African countries achieve justice, applying the principle of complementarity. 
 
 
He pledged the commitment of the Court to work with local authorities to encourage domestic jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of core international crimes.
 
 
Aside ICC officials on the entourage of the Prosecutor, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Amb. Eniola Ajayi, were present at the meeting.
 
 
Earlier, the Vice President received the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ihab Awad who came to brief him on the next meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt later in November this year.
 
 
In his remarks, Prof. Osinbajo noted that with the meeting holding in Africa, leaders in the continent should ensure that the converstions on Climate Change go the way "we want it to go," adding that "our developmental challenges are as existential as the Climate Change concern itself."
 
 
 
 
 

*Laolu Akande*
*Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity*
*Office of the Vice President* 
*19th April 2022*

So so disappointed. Thought ICC has come to serve the short man and the puppet summons for their crimes against Easterners or at best for ruining a thriving nation and impoverishing its citizens.

That would have been the best news of 2022.

Nice

When they're leaving dey shuld arrest any terrorist in dat Villa so dat everybody will goan rest...

Some people should be warming up.

Serve ipob, niger militants and igbohoe touts International Court paper for crime against humanity..




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Gazzette is useless for publishing fake news. This is quite contrary

AND YET THERE'S GOD.
MAY GOD BLESS THIS MEETING AND USE IT AS PART OF HIS INSTRUMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE WORLD.
A UKRAINEAN WOMAN ASKED, "WHERE'S GOD, MEANING JUSTICE, WHERE PUTIN IS ENGAGED IN ALL THESE CRIMINAL INVASION AND ATROCITIES IN UKRAINE?
A "KADARA" MAN ALSO ASKED, WHERE'S JUSTICE WHERE ELRUFAI CAN SHAMELESSLY CLAIM TO IMPORT INVADERS FROM NIGER REPUBLIC TO DISPLACE KADUNA STATE SOUTHERN PEOPLE?
I JUST READ THAT THE ICC IS INTERESTED IN NIGERIA FOR AFRICA. PLEASE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR OIC TO USE NIGERIA IN ANYWAY FOR AFRICA NORTH OR SOUTH.
NO WAY FOR FC-FULANI CONFEDERATE IN NIGERIA. FUNAM AND BOKOHARAM MUST BE DISBANDED.