The president stated this when he received the Nigerian-born President of the ICC, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, at the State House, Abuja on Friday. Buhari appealed to developed countries to take the ICC “more seriously in order to strengthen the rule of law and democracy”. According to the Nigerian leader, the ICC provides a moral strength for victims to receive justice against internal and external injustices. Earlier, the President of the ICC had congratulated Buhari on his re-election and successful inauguration for a second tenure. Eboe-Osuji appealed to Buhari to continue to support the ICC and to encourage African leaders, whose countries had not ratified the Rome Statute which established the Court, to do so.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2019 09:00 UTC