The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has sent a criminal complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC), asking it to investigate and prosecute Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, and 31 others over mass killings in the southeast Nigerian state.
Others whose names were included in the criminal complaint were the former Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, former Chief of Army Staff , Faruk Yahaya; former Chief of Defence Staff , Lucky Irabor; current Chief of Army Staff, Toareed Abiodun Lagbaja, who served as General Officer Commander of the 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu State in 2021/2022; former and serving Imo State Commissioners of Justice/Attorneys General since January 2021; former and serving Imo State Commissioners of...
’”The complainants further stated, “There have been several extrajudicial killings, torture, physical assaults, abductions and other gross abuses of human rights in Imo State, Nigeria which include but are not limited to incidences of murder, abduction, extortion, state-sponsored terrorism, persecution against a group or collectivity based on its political, racial, national ethnic or religious character, class criminalization and reprisal targeted against unarmed civilians .
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