Monthly Archives: January 2020

Dear Madam Prosecutor, Glaring Gaps in the Chief Prosecutor’s 2019 Report on Nigeria and Recommendation of Additional Crimes Part Two We gratefully acknowledge the reply from your office confirming receipt of our similarly titled petition (Part One) which raised concerns … Continue reading →

Dear Chief Prosecutor Bensouda, Happy New Year. I have chosen to undertake, as my first advocacy thrust of the year 2020, a petition to you concerning the stunning gaps between reports of other fact-finders and human rights investigators and the … Continue reading →

I am unable to fully analyze and update as am bogged with a court deadline and travels. However, although over 100 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the one month since Christmas, I had to share about two of … Continue reading →

I wish to make the following comment on the news that Leah Sharibu is alive. Firstly we commend intrepid journalist Ahmad Salkida for fostering a breakthrough via his hard work and great personal sacrifice. I urge the UN to consider … Continue reading →

Alert on At-Risk American citizen interrogated by illegal Hisbah religious police Dear Ambassador Beth Ann Leonard, On your first Martin Luther King holiday in Nigeria, it pains me to alert you on the probable violation of the rights of an … Continue reading →

Executive Summary  1) “The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the government generally respected religious freedom.”   The government of Nigeria has discriminated against Christians by building “Muslims only” schools that neither taught non-Muslim children … Continue reading →

We received with elation news of the reported release of five aid workers captured by Boko Haram. Since Nigeria holds a record for high lethality with respect to aid workers, this would be an unprecedented development in consonance with international … Continue reading →

RASH OF ABDUCTIONS IN NORTHEAST NOW INCLUDES FULANI KIDNAPPERS Our security monitoring of atrocities in the northeast has revealed a new phenomenon of abductions for ransom by Fulani Herdsmen separate from the kidnappings by terrorists. Our investigation indicates that shortly … Continue reading →

REMEMBERING 911  The text simply said, “911 is a sad day for USA. Will it be a sad for Nigeria too?” Indeed it was. Last week on 91119, a Nigerian Tribunal affirmed Gen. Buhari’s dubious re-election for another term despite … Continue reading →

Washington DC December 29, 2019 Dear Secretary Mike Pompeo  COMMENDATION FOR PLACEMENT OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ON RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION WATCHLIST  We write to express our sincere appreciation to the US State Department and Government for its decision, after years of advocacy, … Continue reading →