ICC begins war crime probes on Army/Shi’ites clashes, others in Nigeria.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has reportedly disclosed that it is investigating allegations of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in some clashes in Nigeria.

ThisDay reports that the cases listed by the ICC include the clash between Nigerian soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the clash between the Nigerian soldiers and a proscribed separationist group from the southeast, IPOB.

It was gathered that this is covered in the international court’s 2019 annual report.

The report stated that the potential cases being investigated in Nigeria has increased from eight to 10. Seven of the 10 cases have to do with the Boko Haram insurgency while the remaining three bordered on Nigerian security agencies.

The ICC noted in the report that it received 15 communications concerning the clashes and communal violence in Nigeria’s north-central and northeast.