Nigeria: Falana - Arrest and Prosecute Boko Haram Sponsors

2 September 2014

Considering the gravity of crimes against humanity being levied against Nigeria's deadly insurgent group, Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to refer suspected sponsors of the group to the Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), who premised his call on the damning revelations of an international negotiator, Rev Stephen Davies, engaged by President Jonathan to secure the release of the Chibok girls, maintained that: "Any local investigation conducted by the federal government in the circumstance might be manipulated by vested political interests."

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