The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor has condemned the escalation of “appalling levels of violence” in North-eastern Nigeria, warning that she would prosecute members of any party responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said her office is continuing a preliminary examination of allegations that Boko Haram extremists are killing large numbers of civilians, using girls and boys to participate in the conflict and forcing massive number of people from their homes, reported the Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday.
She also warned the federal government of its obligation to prosecute crimes that “deeply shock the conscience of humanity”.
“No one should doubt my resolve, if need be, to prosecute those individuals most responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity,” Bensouda said in a statement from the court’s headquarters in The Hague.
Both Boko Haram and the Nigerian military are accused of summary executions of hundreds of civilians in the six-year uprising that killed more than 10,000 people last year. Thisdaylive
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