For the reasons stated above, the Community Court of Justice, sitting in public after hearing the parties, and their submissions duly considered in the light of the provisions of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, and also the Supplementary Protocol of the Court and the Court’s Rules of Procedure, decides as follows: 1. The unlawful killing of Mr. Abutu Adamu was a breach of Article 4 of the ACHPR and declares that the Respondent violated the same. 2. The Respondent failed to carry out proper investigations into the allegation of murder in order to identify the perpetrators and to prosecute same in accordance with the law resulting in a breach of Article 4 of the ACHPR and a violation of the same. 3. That the Applicants as victims on their own rights, are entitled to compensation for the damages suffered. Orders and awards In consequence of which the Court orders the Respondent as follows; 1. To pay to the Applicants the sum of 50,000,000 (Fifty Million Naira) to be shared equally as compensation for moral and material damage. 2. To pay the sum of 2,500,000 Million Naira (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) as costs to the Applicants. THIS DECISION IS MADE, ADJUDGED AND PRONOUNCED PUBLICLY BY THIS COURT, COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE, ECOWAS; SITTING AT ABUJA, NIGERIA ON THE DAY 9th DECEMBER, 2019. HON. JUSTICE Dupe ATOKI - PRESIDING HON. JUSTICE Keikura BANGURA – MEMBER HON. JUSTICE Januária T. S. M. COSTA - MEMBER Mr. Tony ANENE-MAIDOH – Chief Registrar 16