.. the Charter, and 9 (3) of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights;
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- Declares that the violation of the right to equal protection under
the law, and of the right to the presumption of innocence, as
alleged by Plaintiff, and which are respectively provided for
under Articles 3 (2) and 7(1)(b) of the Charter is not established;
• On reparation
- Declares that the abusive period of police custody, under which
Plaintiff was kept, opens the way for reparation;
• _ On the pleas made by Plaintiff
- Rejects the request for immediate release, and the cessation of the
trial, as solicited by Plaintiff.
COSTS
64. Pursuant ,t:o Article 66 (4) of its Rules of procedures, the Court
declares that each party shall bear Its own costs.
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Thus made, adjudged, and pronounced in French being the language
of procedure, in a public hearing in Abuja, by the Court of Justice of
the Economic Community of West African States, on the day, month,
and year stated above.
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