Nigeria, Sept. 4 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a case filed by an unknown petitioner against Nigeria over alleged crimes against humanity.

The international court dismissed the filing titled, 'Formal Communication Requesting Investigation into Systemic Kidnappings in Nigeria as Crimes Against Humanity' for breach of procedure.

Despite the decision favouring Nigeria, the Nigerian government criticised the court.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, said the decision only came after the president of the pre-trial division had improperly initiated a procedural process by assigning the unverified filing from an anonymous submitter to pre-trial chamber II, purportedly purs...