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6.1.17. The Defendants have ensured and allowed the Courts in Nigeria to be under
lock and keys since the 2nd of January, 2015 following Judicial Workers strike due
to the continued impunity of the Defendants violating and neglecting the principles
of the rule of law and separation of power in Nigeria, which prevents and denies the
Plaintiffs’ access to justice over Defendants rights abuses against them at election
period as it only favors the Defendants’ plan to manipulate the presidential election
in their favor if not restrained and made to face sanctions in the interest of the
regional growth, democratically and economically.
6.1.18. The Plaintiffs further state that they are being humiliated out of the February
14, 2015n presidential contest before the election date by the Defendants sheer crude
methods and violation of their rights to freely participate following the Defendants
impunity of receiving publicly N21.27 Billion as against the laws without
commiserate prosecution and conviction and or disqualification as required by the
laws in Nigeria against the offending 3rd and 4th Defendants by appropriate State
authorities.
6.1.19. The Defendants desperation and activities engendering violence and
intimidation of the Plaintiffs opponent in the polity in spite of the peace accord as
brokered by the respected former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi
Annan, have remained unabated as the 3rd and 4th Defendants of the ruling political
party in Nigeria have not relented in deploying in clear abuse of powers, all state
apparatus including security operatives and agencies of the Nigerian Government to
partisan position to the detriment of the Plaintiffs in the absence of a level playing
field towards the presidential election.
6.1.20. The Plaintiffs avers that the Defendants have by acts of intimidation and
violent disposition towards the electioneering process engendering insecurity
thereby preventing and scaring off Plaintiffs’ contestants at the presidential election
of February 14, 2015 and making it difficult for the Plaintiffs to freely choose their
representatives and participate in the Government of Nigeria.
6.1.21. The Plaintiffs will at the hearing and trial of the case rely on and show
evidence in proof of their case of restitution and damages over losses of the gross
violation of their right to freely contest at the February 14th 2015 presidential election
as occasioned by the Defendants.