A criminal complaint has been filed against Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague, for “alleged incitement to violence during and after the #EndSARS protests.”

The ICC has however acknowledged the receipt of the complaints. “The Communication has entered the Registry of the Court and will be considered accordingly with the procedure and Rome Statute of the ICC”, ICC said in a reply signed by its Head of Information and Evidence Unit, Mark Dillon.

The complaint dated 4th November, 2020 was addressed to the Office of Madame Fatou Bensouda, The Prosecutor, ICC.

The complaints filed by Joseph Nwaegbu. a Senior Associate of Pathfind Attorneys on behalf of Make Nigeria Better Initiative (MNBI), said the role played by Falana before, during and after the protests is not only ignoble but criminal.

The group accused Falana of spreading fake news to further incite the youths in the country against the government. It said it has attached sensitive pieces of evidence on the allegations raised to drive home their argument that Femi Falana ought to be prosecuted and sanctioned.

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In the criminal complaint, the complainant listed policemen killed and government property destroyed as casualties of the protest which lasted for about three weeks.

The group called on the ICC Prosecutor to open an investigation of Femi Falana, on her own accord under Article 15 (1) of the Rome Statute. It called on the ICC Prosecutor to compels Femi Falana upon conviction under the Rome Statute to pay the sum of $2,000,000,000 (Two Billion US Dollars) as punitive damages for causing death, injury and maiming of several citizens as well as wanton destruction of public and private properties through his instigation of the violent #EndSARS Protests across Nigeria from the period 3rd October, 2020 till 21st October, 2020.