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November 18, 2019
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAPhas called on the International Criminal Court, ICC to probe the persistentcrimes of corruption, violence, and killings during elections in Nigeria.
It added that most recently in Bayelsa and Kogi States,specifically, involvement of All Progressives Congress, APC, and the People’sDemocratic Party, PDP, officials.
SERAP furthermore urged the Court to investigate whether therecurrent failure of the Nigerian Government to address the crimes amount toviolence against the citizens and crimes against humanity within thejurisdiction of the ICC.
The Rights Group’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare in a petitionaddressed to ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda to push for those suspected to beresponsible for these crimes, mostly security, officials of the two mainpolitical parties, APC,  PDP and other actors who contributed to thecorruption, violence and killings during the elections in Bayelsa and Kogistates.