subsequently during the process of hearing this suit. Their bone of contention is that the trial Court erred in law in admitting an autopsy report allegedly fabricated by the 5th Defendant and it was based on the contents of the report (Annexure H 4) that they were convicted. In their belief the Court should have relied on the original report(Annexure H1 and 2) which concluded that death was due to asphyxia secondary to suicide and hanging respectively; thus exonerating the plaintiffs from complicity in the death of the deceased. Thus, the crux of the Plaintiffs claim; i.e. their cause of action is the alleged wrongful admission of evidence.i.e Annexure H4 titled “Report of Review of postmortem conducted on the deceased Meideh Togba” by the trial Court which according to them was tantamount to a denial of their rights to fair hearing/ trial as enshrined in Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. In other words, the Plaintiffs are asking this Court to review the decision of the national Court of the 1st Defendant by upholding their contention that wrongful admission of evidence by the trial Court which led to their conviction and sentencing was reckless, baseless and negligent based on the autopsy report of the 5th Defendant. The Court has repeatedly in a long line of cases held the view and rightly so, that it cannot review the decisions of national Courts of Member States. It is not an appellate Court and has no supervisory authority over the national Courts of Member States of ECOWAS See: Jerry Ugokwe 22

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