A chief judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Ishaq Bello, lost the election bid as a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, prosecutes international crimes, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and aggression by nationals of the 123-member countries.
Mr Bello was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s candidate on June 20.
According to the results of the poll released by the International Court, Mr Bello polled 12 votes out of the 117 votes in the first round of the election.
He was the second-lowest after Milandou Prosper, the nominee of The Republic of Congo.
In the second round, Mr Bello polled only five votes out of 110 votes, which represents 4.5 per cent of the total votes cast.
PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported how an ICC committee had earlier ranked Mr Bello low amongst the 20 judges nominated in October and how his poor performance may have fluffed the country’s chances.
The ICC said Mr Bello lacked knowledge of the workings of the court.
According to the Rome Statutes, the constitution of the ICC, every three years, the Assembly replaces one-third of its 18 judges by electing six new judges for non-renewable terms of nine years.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES
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