President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said Nigeria would continue to support the International Criminal Court (ICC) as much as possible to enable it fulfil its mandate.
Receiving the Nigerian-born President of the ICC, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, at the State House, the president appealed to developed countries to take the ICC “more seriously in order to strengthen the rule of law and democracy.”
“The ICC provides a moral strength for victims to receive justice against internal and external injustice,” he said.
The president also commended Judge Eboe-Osuji for the achievements of the ICC under his presidency.
In his remarks, president of the ICC, Judge Chile Eboe-Osujihad, congratulated the president on his re-election and successful inauguration for a second tenure.
He lauded the Nigerian leader’s “strong and unambiguous statement in support of the rule of law” and for the Court and its principles during his visit to the headquarters of the ICC in The Hague last July.
Judge Eboe-Osuji appealed to the president to continue to support the ICC, and to urge African leaders whose countries have not ratified the Rome Statute which established the Court to do the needful.
