SERAP to Buhari: Refer high-profile corruption cases to ICC

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Patience Jonathan. The court unfreeze her account in Skye Bank last week

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)
has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “adopt a revolutionary approach to his government’s fight against corruption by referring high-level official corruption cases to the International Criminal Court for investigation and possible prosecution.”

SERAPS’s advice is coming on the heels of a string of court rulings against high-profile corruption cases last week.

The organization said, “As a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the government should also consider drawing from the expertise, experience, and international best practices of the court to complement the mandates and powers of our anti-corruption agencies and judiciary to successfully and satisfactorily investigate, prosecute and hear high-profile…

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