Biafra: Dutch lawyers petition ICC, accuse FG

Two Dutch lawyers have petitioned the International Criminal Court over Federal Government’s handling of pro-Biafra protests.

The lawyers, Prof. Göran Sluiter and Andrew Ianuzzi, in the petition filed on behalf of the Indigenous People of Biafra and 17 Nigerian ‘victims’, said there were reasons to believe that the government, President Muhammadu Buhari, and others committed crimes against humanity.

According to the petition, the crimes fall within the context of murder, unlawful imprisonment, torture, enforced disappearance, other inhumane acts, and persecution in their bid to stop pro-Biafra protests.

IPOB is a movement dedicated to the self-determination of the former Republic of Biafra in South-Eastern Nigeria.


It said the identities of the 17 victims would not be disclosed to the OTP yet in order to ensure their safety and protect their privacy, but that their statements had been attached to the petition.

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