Party officials said on Monday that former president Laurent Gbagbo will return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after a decade following his acquittal of crimes against humanity during a civil war. 

In April, the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in The Hague confirmed that Gbagbo and his former right-hand man Charles Ble Goude were clear over the devastating post-electoral violence in the country in 2010-11.

Assoa Adou, general secretary of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party Gbagbo founded said former president Laurent Gbagbo will arrive on Ivorian soil on June 17.

Veronic Njie reports.