NIGERIA’S EBOE-OSUJI EMERGES PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

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The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji as President of the court.

The Imo State-born judge was elected during a plenary session by the judges. This is the first time a Nigerian would be elected as the President of ICC.


He is expected to be President of the Court for three-year term tenure and his emergence takes immediate effect.

Eboe-Osuji was elected alongside Judge Robert Fremr (Czech Republic) who was elected First Vice-President and Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France) Second Vice-Président.

The announcement was which was available made in a statement posted on ICC website on Sunday stated that the Presidency, consisting of the President and the two Vice-Presidents, plays the key role in providing strategic leadership to the ICC as a whole.



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