{"id":9873,"date":"2016-07-07T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9873"},"modified":"2016-07-07T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T21:18:27","slug":"failing-to-pay-salaries-group-drags-11-governors-to-international-criminal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9873","title":{"rendered":"Failing to pay salaries: Group drags 11 governors to International Criminal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/governors.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9874\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/governors-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"governors\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/governors-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/governors-326x169.jpg 326w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/governors.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged 11 state governors who have been unable to pay workers salaries to the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>The group, in a statement on Thursday by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, listed the 11 governors it dragged before the ICC as:<\/p>\n<p><i>Rauf Agbesola of Osun State,<br \/>\nOlusegun Mimiko of Ondo State,<br \/>\nAyodele Fayose of Ekiti State,<br \/>\nAbdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State,<br \/>\nAbiola Ajimobi of Oyo State ,<br \/>\nNyesom Wike of Rivers State.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Others are<br \/>\nBayelsa\u2019s Governor Seriake Dickson,<br \/>\nSamuel Ortom of Benue State,<br \/>\nMohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State,<br \/>\nYahaya Bello of Kogi State and<br \/>\nSimon Lalong of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p><code><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Comp,B:Hp,Wk:2716,Dim:336X280]:Laptops\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<p>The group said it had asked the prosecutor of the ICC, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, to probe and try the 11 governors for alleged crime against humanity involving thousands of Nigerians stemming from unpaid salaries.<\/p>\n<p>The group in its petition dated July 7, 2016 said that the failure of the 11 governors to pay workers\u2019 salaries had occasioned severe deprivation, mental and physical health challenges to workers in their states, which it argued fell within the definition of crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>It argued that the governors had breached the provisions of Article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which criminalised all forms of inhumane acts intended to cause great suffering or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSERAP believes that the non-payment of salaries of workers amounts to a serious attack on human dignity covered in the definition of \u2018other inhumane acts\u2019 under the Rome Statute, and fit within the ICC\u2019s mandate,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged 11 state governors who have been unable to pay workers salaries to the International Criminal Court. 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