Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Defence Chief, General Abayomi Olonisakin; former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas; and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar were replaced as the service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari days ago.
According to SaharaReporters, the ICC in a mail by its Spokesperson, Fadi El-Abdallah on Thursday, January 28, confirmed that the cases of the outgone service chiefs is currently with the prosecutor.
The global apex court further directed SaharaReporters to contact its prosecutor for more details on the trial and prosecution of the former military chiefs.
Recall that the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, in December 2020 had issued a preliminary determination to thoroughly investigate Nigerian security agencies over allegations of “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes”.
