Buhari may stand trial at ICC after election -- Fani-Kayode

The Director of Media and Publicity for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari is likely to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the March 28 presidential elections to defend charges of electoral violence preferred against him by some Dutch lawyers in January.

ICC to prosecute Boko Haram, electoral violence

The International Criminal Court (ICC), has vowed to prosecute Boko Haram members as well as electoral offenders in the forthcoming election if the Nigerian government fails to do so. According to the ICC’s Director of Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Mr. Phakiso Mochochoko, anyone guilty of making provocative and inciting comments that can threaten the peace and security of the country will be made to face the law.