• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

African Bar Association Rejects ICC’s Probe Of Nigerian Military

by Tarkaa David
3 years ago
in News
African Bar Association (
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

President, African Bar Association (AfBA), Hannibal Uwaifo, has said the association will mount opposition to the ongoing probe of the Nigerian military by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Uwaifo stated this at the opening of the 2022 Maiden Armed Forces and Other Security Agencies Law Conference yesterday in Abuja with the theme “Enhancing the operational capacities of African Armed Forces and other Security agencies: Law as a vital instrument.”

Advertisement

He said that AFBA had at its 2021 annual conference in Niamey, Republic of Niger, voiced its opposition to the ongoing probe of the Nigerian military by ICC.

He restated that AFBA would not support it and has put every machinery in place to make that clear to the ICC and steer it off that direction.

“We believe the ICC should be chasing the financiers, supporters and promoters of these internationally recognised crimes that claim and continue to claim our security forces and innocent civilians including women, children and the aged every day.

“Countries will not continue to leave their defence in the hands of civilian government officials as they are not permanent and may not have the capacity to navigate the internal workings of the ICC.
“The AFBA has set up a high-powered commission of legal experts who are counsel on record in the ICC, headed by a former president of the ICC Bar Association and life member of the council of AFBA, Chief Charles Taku.

RELATED

Lagos To Enforce Mandatory Health Insurance By 2026

Lagos To Enforce Mandatory Health Insurance By 2026

5 hours ago
Miracle Videos: CAN Under Fire Over Comment Against Prophet Fufeyin

Miracle Videos: CAN Under Fire Over Comment Against Prophet Fufeyin

5 hours ago

 

“The AFBA will discuss this line of support with the Defence Headquarters of Nigeria and the leadership of other armed forces in Africa who need support,” he said.

 

The AFBA president said the conference was organised in collaboration with Defence Headquarters to address the many complex security challenges facing the African Continent.

 

He added that terrorism, banditry, kidnappings and very many violent attacks are a daily occurrence in most countries within the continent where the military and other security agencies apply law in their dealings and trainings.

 

Hence, he said it was vital to employ law reform for capacity building of personnel to meet global standards of engagement particularly in asymmetric operations which the armed forces were currently engaged in.

 

According to him, the role of the military lawyer in the armed forces and other security agencies are very fundamental.

 

“Operational commanders are expected to seek legal advice and refuse them at their own peril.

 

“They are expected to know the latest in the legal field and be prepared to defend decisions made with their inputs,” he said.

 

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, said the conference would help to generate new approaches to counter the security challenges through legal compliance.

 

Irabor, who was represented by the Chief of Defence Administration, Rear Admiral Muhammed Nagenu, said the conference was ample evidence of the developing synergy between African militaries and civil society actors.

 

He said the conference would also generate panacea to security challenges in the continent ranging from insurgency, insurrection, banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and separatists’ agitations among others.


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars from the comfort of their homes with Ultra-Premium domains, acquire them for as low as $1700 and profit as much as $25,000. Click here to learn how you can earn US Dollars consistently.


Tags: ICCNigeria Military
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Social Inequality, Threat To Nigeria’s Existence – Gov Fayemi

Next Post

NAMCON To Provide 528 Agro Jobs In LGs

Tarkaa David

Tarkaa David

You May Like

Lagos To Enforce Mandatory Health Insurance By 2026
News

Lagos To Enforce Mandatory Health Insurance By 2026

2025/07/02
Miracle Videos: CAN Under Fire Over Comment Against Prophet Fufeyin
News

Miracle Videos: CAN Under Fire Over Comment Against Prophet Fufeyin

2025/07/02
Transport Unions Seek Restoration Of Speed Breakers On Ilorin-Jebba Expressway 
News

Transport Unions Seek Restoration Of Speed Breakers On Ilorin-Jebba Expressway 

2025/07/02
NPC Boss Dan’Agundi Cancels Birthday Celebration To Mourn Dantata
News

NPC Boss Dan’Agundi Cancels Birthday Celebration To Mourn Dantata

2025/07/02
Reps Divided Over Bill Seeking To Legalise Cultivation, Use Of Marijuana
News

Reps Unveil Compendium Of 86 Constitution Alteration Bills 

2025/07/02
Firm Launches Drive To Strengthen Enterprise Risk Management Practices Across Africa
Business

Firm Launches Drive To Strengthen Enterprise Risk Management Practices Across Africa

2025/07/02
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Lagos To Enforce Mandatory Health Insurance By 2026

Miracle Videos: CAN Under Fire Over Comment Against Prophet Fufeyin

Transport Unions Seek Restoration Of Speed Breakers On Ilorin-Jebba Expressway 

NPC Boss Dan’Agundi Cancels Birthday Celebration To Mourn Dantata

Reps Unveil Compendium Of 86 Constitution Alteration Bills 

Firm Launches Drive To Strengthen Enterprise Risk Management Practices Across Africa

Buhari Ill, Now Recovering In UK — Aide

Court Sentences 2 Beninese, Others To 5-yr Jail Term For Trafficking Cocaine

Kano Gov’t Bans Scrap Materials From North-East

Police Rescue Ghanaian, Arrest 3 Suspected Kidnappers 

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.