An online petition initiated change.org by Reno Omokri, a
former special assistant to Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has
been removed from the website.
The petition was addressed to the International Criminal
Court to arraign Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, over alleged crimes
against humanity.
“This petition isn’t available. Either the URL is incorrect,
it violated our Community Guidelines, or the starter removed it,” a message on
the petition page said.
The petition, which has garnered 80,000 signatories on
Friday, is titled, “Petition To The ICC To Arraign Muhammadu Buhari for Crimes
Against Humanity”.
It reads, “On October 20, 2020, the Buhari administration
murdered multiple innocent, unarmed, peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki
Toll Gate in a massacre that has since been dubbed #LekkiMassacre.
“These youths were protesting to put an end to the rampant
police brutality that had become the hallmark of the Buhari regime, which
treats so-called repentant Boko Haram almost like royalty, while coming hard on
young Nigerians, sometimes for the flimsiest reason, such as wearing
dreadlocks.
“Following the murders of these protesters, the Buhari
administration denied that the incident ever occurred. They threatened those,
like myself, who insisted, with proof, that this massacre happened. The government
even threatened to jail people who called for those behind the murders to be
brought to book.
“However, on Monday, November 15, 2021, the Lagos State
Panel of Inquiry into EndSARS released its report to the state government in
which it established judicially that not only did the massacre occur, but that
the government of Muhammadu Buhari and its agents– the Nigerian Army and
police–perpetrated the murders.
“This petition is therefore directed at the International
Criminal Court to set machinery in motion for the trial of Muhammadu Buhari for
crimes against humanity in the same way that former Liberian President, Charles
Taylor, was tried and convicted.
“On this day, November 17, 2021, when my beloved twin sons
are celebrating their 14th birthday, they have permitted me to use their
special day to call for justice for the many sons and daughters who will never
have another birthday because Buhari killed them in their prime.
#BuhariForPrison2023.”
On Monday, a judicial panel set up by Lagos State to
investigate cases of police brutality in the state and the attack on unarmed
anti-police brutality at Lekki submitted its reports and indicted the Nigerian
Army and police.
The panel had also described the killing of the #EndSARS
protesters as a “massacre.”
Also, for over an hour yesterday, Omokri’s Facebook page was
taken down but was soon restored.
Omokri alleged that President Buhari paid for his page to be
reported.
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