A Northern socio-political group has called for the prosecution of the former military Head of State and current presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd,) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for various allegations of crimes against humanity.
The group under the umbrella of Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice in a joint statement with The Northern Emancipation Network, Peoples United to Serve Humanity (PUSH-Africa), and Arewa Voters Assembly, Tuesday accused Buhari of being responsible for many deaths and destructions in the country.
According to the statement signed by Mrssrs Yunana Shibkau (Publicity Secretary), Ismail Ibrahim Bakori, Jonathan Ibrahim, Ibrahim Baba and others, the group said it wants to hold the retired military general accountable “for his inciting role that contributed to the aftermath of the 2011 presidential election in some parts of northern Nigeria”.
The group recalled that just as the results of the 2011 presidential ballot were being collated, violence erupted in most parts of northern cities claiming several lives and destruction of valuable properties.
They noted that the lives and property so affected were mostly those of non-partisan innocent lower class citizens including dozens of National Youth Service Corps members (Bauchi 12) while thousands more within the same category were displaced.
