The presidential campaign organisation of the All
Progressives Congress has concluded plans to report the wife of President
Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to the International Criminal Court.
Two weeks ago, Patience had, while campaigning
for her husband in Calabar, Cross River State, told the supporters of the PDP
to stone anyone canvassing for change in the state.
The campaign organisation said the letter of
complaint was signed by its Director-General, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who is the
Governor of River State.
It said that the letter would be delivered to ICC
on Monday (today), adding that the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba,
and the National Human Rights Commission would also be sent copies of the
letter.
They alleged that she is clearly calling on the
PDP supporters in Calabar to attack supporters and campaigners of the APC in
the state.
The campaign organisation likened some of
Patient’s statements to those of Simone, the wife of a former President of Cote
d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, prior to the francophone country’s 2010 elections.
The ICC indicted Mrs. Gbagbo for her part in
planning to perpetrate brutal attacks, including murder, rape, and sexual
violence, on her husband’s political opponents in the wake of the 2010
elections.
According to them, 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 all the
presidential candidates, a gesture which is aimed at forestalling violence
before, during and after the 2015 elections.
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