Plaintiff’s cause of action, the action filed by the 2 nd Plaintiff based on it cannot survive as it is statute barred. The result of an action being statute barred is to leave the offending Party without a right of action despite the existence of a cause of action and thus no remedy. iii. Whether the totality of evidence adduced in this case is sufficient to establish the Plaintiffs’ allegation of arrest, detention and infliction of physical violence by the officers of AEPB and the Police. The plaintiffs filed this application against the Defendant for the violation of their rights, wherein they alleged that they were abducted and assaulted sexually, physically and verbally, threatened and unlawfully detained by state agents in Abuja working for the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEBP), the Nigerian Police and the Nigerian Military at different times. They further contend that these officials did not introduce themselves to them neither did they inform them of the reason for the arrest or charge them to any court in Nigeria. The Defendant in response denies the allegation and states that the Plaintiffs’ belong to the cadre of prostitutes popularly called “Big Aunty” who gather and coordinate other young girls involved in the business of commercial sex work and with their weight of connection always cajole other young girls in need of help into prostitution for their own benefit. It is a general principle of law that he who asserts must prove. The rule that proof rests on he who asserts the affirmative and not on he who denies is an ancient rule founded on the consideration of common sense and 29