The International Criminal Court, ICC, said it would
investigate allegations of incitement utterances against Patience Jonathan.
According to the Cable, an online newspaper, the decision
of the ICC follows a petition which was submitted by the All Progressive
Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO.
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, had last week signed and sent the
petition to the ICC alleging incitement utterances by Patience Jonathan during
her campaign speeches.
The OTP in its confirmation of the petition claimed to
have formally received the petition and would consider it within the ambits of
the law.
It said: “Under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, the
Prosecutor of the ICC may receive information on crimes within the jurisdiction
on the Court (also called ‘communications’),”
The Cable quoted the OTP to have said, “With regards to
your enquiry, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
can confirm receipt of the communication referred to since the sender of the
communication has made this fact public in the media. “The Office will give
consideration to this communication, as appropriate, in accordance with the
provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as it does
with all such communications.”
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