Laws. The Plaintiff failed to lead any evidence or establish with specificity that any
of them applied for the said mining license and was denied on the sole reason that
he is from the Niger Delta. They thus failed to discharge the evidential burden of
proof necessary to establish their allegation. Above all the Defendants acted within
the purview of its Domestic Law which this Court lacks competence to question
same in situation that its provisions have the effect of violating the rights of the
Plaintiffs.
In Front for Liberation of the State Of Cabinda V. Republic Of Angola 5th November
2013, ACHPR, 328/06, 54TH Ordinary Session, where the Plaintiffs brought the
application on behalf of the People of Cabinda on alleged violations of Articles 19,
20, 21, 22 and 24 of the African Charter, by infringing on their rights to natural
resources, authorizing exploitation activities that did not favor the development of
the people of Cabinda and allowing companies to operate in manners that are
harmful to the environment and human health. The Commission held that the
complainant failed to adduce evidence to support that the people of Cabinda were
treated unequally in comparison to other people in Angola in violation of Article 19
of the Charter.
By virtue of its independence, Nigeria remains an indivisible and indissoluble state.
With regards to the ownership of land, Section 1 of the Land Use Act 1978 vests all
land in the Government of Nigeria to hold such Land in trust and administered for
the common benefit of the people and would be responsible for allocation of land in
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