The International Court of Justice (ICCJ) at the Hague, Netherlands, has freed Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang of crime against humanity.

The global court freed the governor in a judgment it delivered on a case pending before it since 2009.

The Hausa Muslim community in Jos, the Plateau State capital, had sued the Jang administration of masterminding the mass killing of Hausa and Muslims in the city during the 2008 political crisis.

They accused Jang of genocide, ethnic cleansing and mass killing when the governor allegedly issued a shoot-at-sight order to the police in November 2008.

They also alleged that the police command, acting on the order of the governor, killed about 750 Muslims during the 2008 crisis.

But the global court declared that the appellants failed to prove their allegations.

The Commissioner for Justice, Adward Pwajok, yesterday addressed reporters on the court’s verdict.

He said: “The ICC has absolved the state government and the governor of all allegations against them.”

Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/icc-frees-jang-of-crime-against-humanity/