and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which this Court is enjoined to interpret and apply by virtue of the treaty establishing it. d. That the crux of the Applicant’s complaint is that he is being detained without any lawful justification in disregard of the Defendant’s International obligations and the Preliminary Objection is based on misconception of the juridical and jurisdictional powers of this Court. e. That by Article 10(d) of the Supplementary Protocol relating to this Court, it has concurrent jurisdiction with Municipal Courts over Human Rights issues. f. That the decision of this Court in MUSA SAIDY KHAN Vs. REPUBLIC OF GAMBIA ECW/CCJ/RUL/04/09 is germane to the determination of this suit and that ALIYU TASHEKU Vs. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (2012) ECW/CCJ/RUL/12/12 is not applicable in this case mainly because in Aliyu Tasheku’s case the Applicant was lawfully arrested whereas here the Applicant complains about his unlawful arrest and detention without recourse to due process after being granted bail by three Courts in Nigeria. The Applicant relied on the cases of MAMADOU 18

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