Similarly in El Hadji Aboubacar Vs. BCEAO & Rep. of Niger (2011) CCJELR (unreported) pg. 8, Para 25, the Court found that for an application to be admissible in matters of human rights, the mere citing of the facts connected with such description suffices to confer competence on it. The Court therefore looks to find out whether the human right violations as observed, constitute the main subject matter of the application and whether the pleas in law and evidence adduced if proven will establish such violations. The invocation of facts which fall in line with the subject matter is sufficient on its own to establish its competence on human right matters. Applying the above authorities in relation to the facts of this case, and in the absence of anything to the contrary, this matter falls within the ambit of the Court’s jurisdiction and the Plaintiffs who allege violation of their rights have the right to bring same for adjudication. The Defendant’s objection in this regard is therefore not tenable. The second arm of Plaintiffs allegation is on the alleged infringement of the rights of the peoples of Niger Delta. Human rights are human centered and the admissibility of an application is linked among other criteria to the status of the victim. This condition necessarily entails the Applicant, acting on personal grounds as a result of a legally protected injured interest, or in a representative capacity, having the mandate to act on behalf of an identifiable group whose legally protected interest have been harmed. 16

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