0003 3 ? 21.The Applicants filed their Reply to the Response on 21 June 2017 and this was transmitted to the Respondent State for its information by a notice of the same date. 22.On 6 October 2017 , the Registry notified the Parties of the closure of pleadings. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 23.The Applicants pray to the Court: o i. To quash both the conviction and the sentence and to set them at liberty; ii. To redress the violation of their fundamental rights in accordance with arlicle 27 iii. (1)of the Protocol and Rule 34 (1) of the Court; and To restore justice where it was overlooked and to grant any other remedy that deems fit in the circumstances of the complaint." 24.1n its Response, the Respondent State prays the Court to grant the following orders: "i. That, the Court is not vested with jurisdiction to adjudicate on this Application; ii. That, the Application has not met the admissibility requirements stipulated under Rule 50 (5) of the Rules of the Court and it is therefore inadmissible and be duly dismissed; iii. That, the Application a V. is dismissed with costs." JURISDICTION 25.|n accordance with Rule 39 (1) of the Rules, the Court "shall conduct a preliminary examination of its jurisdiction ..." 8 T*