International Criminal Court To Probe #ENDSARS Violence, Killings

The International Criminal Court, ICC has said that it will “analyse materials” it has received about the violence which hit Nigeria last month following protests against police brutality. The ICC chief prosecutor’s office told the BBC that contrary to an earlier report, it has not already opened a “formal preliminary examination” into the unrest. Youths under the #EndSARS had taken to the streets to protest against police brutality, calling for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses. The unit was subsequently disbanded and a replacement announced by

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