53. It is expedient to first consider these issues before delving - into the substance of the Plaintiffs' case. On objection to Plaintiff’s standing to sue 54. The Law of locus standi or standing to sue relates to the propriety of a litigant to institute an action. The standing focuses on the right of the party in the matter either in terms of injury suffered or special interest possessed which is worthy of protection. 55. The plaintiffs' case, in a nutshell, is that because the defendants were planning to demolish the Bundu waterfront without due _process, they embarked on a peaceful demonstration during which the defendants used a r m e d security officers to disrupt the demonstration and, in the process, shot and wounded the 2nd -11th Plaintiffs. They allege that the police use of live ammunition on peaceful demonstrators is unjustified and a violation of their fundamental rights. - 56. The arguments put forward by the defendants on plaintiffs' lack of standing due to their non-residence at the waterfront is made without due regard to the totality of the averments in the plaintiffs' pleadings and, so, misconceived. In situations 17 -