First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan might have to put her lawyer on speed dial after opposition party, All Progressives Congress said it has concluded plans to drag her to the International Criminal Court, ICC.
The party says Mrs. Jonathan indulged PDP supporters to stone anybody that screamed CHANGE around them in a party rally in Calabar. CHANGE is the slogan of the APC.
APC said
“Change, as the entire country knows by now, is the slogan of the APC – the rallying cry of a political party that wishes to bring hope of greater and better things to come for Nigeria and Nigerians. By her statement, Mrs. Jonathan was clearly calling on the PDP supporters in Calabar to attack supporters and campaigners of the APC in the state. Mrs. Jonathan does not occupy any formal office in the Nigerian government as the position of the First Lady is not recognised by the Nigerian constitution. But Mrs. Gbagbo’s case shows the ICC’s awareness of how someone beyond formal governmental and military hierarchies can be identified as responsible for serious international crimes. Patience Jonathan’s incontrovertible hate speech not only contravened the laws of the land, but also went completely against the Abuja peace accord jointly signed by the two presidential candidates, Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan – a gesture which is aimed at forestalling violence before, during and after the 2015 elections. The PDP supporters in the state, who may not know better, could easily yield themselves to the First Lady’s admonition and embark on a process of wanton stoning and other attacks against the APC members.”
APC says the letter to the ICC has been signed by Governor Rotimi Amaechi who doubles as APC Presidential Campaign Director while a copy of the letter has been sent to nspector General of the Police and the National Human Rights Commission.
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