PAEDIA EXPRESS:I.C.C DENIES BUHARI HONOUR

PAEDIA EXPRESS:I.C.C DENIES BUHARI HONOUR

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

The international Criminal Courts of Justice at The Hague,Netherlands while trying to save its name  and face has tried as at press time to clarify a satire written by The Editorial and Policy Board of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria in which the foremost jurists were accused of compromising on ethical standards despite the full knowledge of on-going killings in Northern Nigeria ,herdsmen crisis in the Midlands ,the unexplained disappearance of Nnamdi Kanu and his family by the Federal Government of Nigeria among other begging security questions as at press time.

The body insisted that its invitations of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria as its guest and key note speaker at its recently held 20 th year anniversary at The Hague,Netherlands should not be equated to that of an endorsement of the latter's political ambition.

The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria while cross examining a cross section of members of the Nigerian public on the highly vexing matter was told by Nigerians that they were all left very stunned by I.C.C.'s show of insensitivity to the plight of suffering Nigerians who were victims of Boko Haram's killer squad or Fulani Herdsmen sword  strikes .

They also rapped the I.C.C  for turning the blind eye  to several cases of incessant land grabbing, vandalization of public properties and killings by the Herdsmen.

Most Nigerians also took exceptions to efforts being made by the Buhari regime to embark on a forceful image laundering campaign viz-a-viz ,his emergence as The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African State[E.C.O.W.A.S],saying that even a suckling infant knew that Nigeria virtually owned the agency and that there was nothing special about her producing its chairman anymore as several Nigerians had chaired it before.

Nigerian also added that  E.C.O.W.A.S. was an indirect Federal Government of Nigeria's public sector based parastatal and therefore the entire nation should disregard the mileage and consider it as an effort to hoodwink rather than the true reality of things on ground.

A Federal legislator: Abdulmumini Jubrin recently stoked fire when he went viral with insinuations that Buhari was endorsed by the International Criminal Courts of Justice thus leading to his invitations for there 20 years fiesta

But ICC spokesperson, Fadi El Abdallah in an email exchange via the Public Affairs unit of the court  with a section of the press seeks to explain :“The International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”) is not involved in any integrity or background check of world leaders,” 

He added that it has been standard practice for the ICC to invite Heads of State one at a time for certain high-level events, such as anniversary commemorations but also the opening of the judicial year, adding that “this is because of logistical and protocol reasons involved in hosting dignitaries at that level”.

He also disclosed that other heads of state have been invited and have participated in high level events organised by the Court in the past, stressing that President Buhari was invited as keynote speaker for the commemorations of the 20th anniversary.

El Abdallah said President Buhari was not the only leader invited to the event but that ‘Nigeria was the only State represented by its President’.  He added that more than 30 other States were represented at the level of national Senates and Parliaments chiefs, as well as Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice.

The presidency declined to confirm or refute the claim.  

‘Ask the man who told you,’ the spokesman of the president, Femi Adesina said. 

We have reached out to Jibrin to clarify his claim and tell us his source but no response yet.