The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, of playing political games with the country with the way the global court has been handling petitions filed by the Association on religious violence and extremism which has led to the death of many Christians, IgbereTV reports
CAN expressed its disappointment and shock in a statement jointly signed by its President, General Secretary and Director of Legal & Public Affairs, Revd. Samson Ayokunle, its General Secretary, Barr. Joseph Daramola and Barr. Comfort Ochigbue respectively on Saturday in Abuja, which queried the ICC’s impartiality in treating its petitions.
CAN said the number of Christians killed in Nigeria in the past few years has continued to increase, noting that it was still hopeful justice would be served by the ICC “despite the writing on the wall which depicts the prosecutor Khan was playing political games and unwilling to engage with victims of atrocity let alone Christian victims.
