International Criminal Court To Probe Patience Jonathan

Last week, the APC presidential campaign organization reported First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan to the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to some purported inflammatory statements she made during a PDP campaign in Calabar.

Although Femi Fani- kayode, expressed that there was no legal basis for the First Lady to be reported, the ICC has announced that it will probe Patience Jonathan.

According to Punch, ICC made the announcement through an e-mail written to one of their correspondents.

The report further states that ICC stated that "the court would take all the necessary steps, the President's wife and others mentioned in the petition of the APC".

Here are excerpts from the purported e-mail Punch received, as published on their website:

  "Under Article 15 of the Rome Statue,
    the prosecutor of the ICC may receive
    information on crimes within the
    jurisdiction on the court (also called
   'Communication').

    With regards to your enquiry, the Office
    of the prosecutor of the International
    Criminal Court can confirm receipt of
    the communication referred to since
    the sender (APC) has made this fact
    public in the media.

    The office will give consideration to
    this communications, as appropriate in
    accordance with the provisions of the
    Rome Statue of the International
    Criminal Court , as it does with all such
    communications".