4.1.1. The Plaintiff are Citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (The Defendant). The Defendant is a signatory to the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1993. 4.1.2. The Plaintiff was charged and convicted of the offence of murder on 23rd April 2005 and was sentenced to death. Her Appeal to the highest Court of Appeal of the Defendant failed. 4.1.3. As a result of her conviction and sentence to death, the Plaintiff has remained in the death row till date. 4.1.4. The Plaintiff and other ‘death row’ prisoners have been mandatorily sentenced to death in accordance with S.319 of the criminal Code and S. 1(2) (a) and (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (special provisions Act, and have been on the death row since 23rd April, 2005. 4.1.5. The Plaintiffs were not given the opportunity to show why death sentence should not be applied to them. 4.1.6. The Plaintiff and other death row Prisoners are subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Prison, where they are awaiting execution. 4