France To Transfer African Football Chief To War Crimes Tribunal

France will transfer Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a member of Africa’s top footballing body, to the International Criminal Court in the Hague where he faces war … Continue reading France To Transfer African Football Chief To War Crimes Tribunal

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated December 31, 2018

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 2, 2018 Central African Republic’s football federation chief Patrice Edouard Ngaissona attends the 40th CAF ordinary general assembly in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The Paris Court of Appeal rendered its decision on December 31, 2018, asking for the handover to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Central African ex-militia leader Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a figurehead of African football authorities, arrested in France on December 12, 2018 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. FADEL SENNA / AFP

Central African Republic’s football federation chief Patrice Edouard Ngaissona attends the 40th CAF ordinary general assembly in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. FADEL SENNA / AFP

France will transfer Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a member of Africa’s top footballing body, to the International Criminal Court in the Hague where he faces war crimes charges, a court ruled Monday.

Ngaissona, who is from the Central African Republic and sits on the board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has been in a jail near Paris since his arrest on December 12.

AFP