A group, Democracy Vanguard of Nigerians in the Diaspora (DVND) has taken President Muhammadu Buhari to the international criminal court (ICC) over his alleged inaction to curtail herders’ killings in the country.
In a petition dated July 17, 2019, titled: Acts of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in Nigeria, addressed to ICC’s Special Prosecutor in the Hague by its president, Mr. Timothy Sule, the group claimed that President Buhari could not be exonerated from the ongoing killings by herders across the country.
Arguing that the alleged crimes committed by the herders fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC, it sought an independent investigation into the killings with a view to trying and punishing the perpetrators.
The group also accused security agencies of complicity in the heinous crime allegedly committed by the herders.
It maintained that the rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria was already deadlier than Boko Haram’s terrorism, which has claimed tens of hundreds of lives and property worth several billions of Naira.
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