APC To Drag First Lady To International Criminal Court.

   APC says it has concluded plans to drag the First Lady Patience Jonathan before the International Criminal Court over her recent remarks at the PDP Presidential Campaign rally in Calabar,Cross Rivers state where she called on people to stone anyone who chanted change around them.

    The APC said Mrs .Jonathan's comment was calling on PDP supporters in the state to attack members of the APC. The party likened Mrs Jonathan to the Former First Lady of Cote d'ivoire, Mrs Laurent Gbagbo who was indicted by the ICC over matters bothering on election crisis in 2010 during her husband's re-election.

      "Change,as the entire Country knows
       by now,is the slogan of the APC-the
       rallying cry of a political party that
       wishes to bring hope of greater and
       better things to come for Nigeria and
       Nigerians. "By her statement,Mrs.
       Jonathan was clearly calling on the
       PDP supporters in calabar to attack
       supporters and campaigners of the
       APC in the State. Mrs. Jonathan does
       not occupy any formal office in the
       Nigeria Government as the position
       of the First Lady is not recognised by
       the Nigerian Constitution. But Mrs.
       Gbagbo's case shows the ICC's
       awareness of how someone beyond
       formal government and military
       hierarchies can be identified as
       responsible for serious International
       Crimes. Patience Jonathan's
       incontrovertible hate speech not only
       contravened the laws of the Land,but
       also went completely against the
       Abuja peace accord jointly signed by
       the two presidential
       candidates,Muhammadu Buhari and
       President Goodluck Jonathan-a
       gesture which is aimed at forestalling
       violence before,during and after the
       2015 elections. The PDP supporters
       in the state,who may not know
       better,could easily yield themselves
       to the First Lady's admonition and
       embark on a process of wanton
       stoning and other attacks against the
       APC members. ‘The party said.

The party says the letter to the ICC is signed by the APC Presidential Campaign Director and Governor of River State, Rotimi  Amaechi and would be forwarded to the ICC today March 9th. It also said that the National Human Right Commission would also be sent copies of the letter.