Court should declare that the Defendant should seek and secure the release of the Applicant. 6- That the failure and refusal of the Defendant to secure the release and repatriation of the Applicant back to the territory of the Defendant, his sending State and State of origin, violates his human rights and runs contrary to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. AND 7- That the Defendant should pay the sum of N10, 000,000 (Ten Million Nigerian Naira) or equivalent of USD 60, 000 (Sixty thousand United States Dollars) as costs damages against the Defendant. At the expiration of the time required for the Defendant to file a reply, and following the failure of the Defendant to enter appearance and file a reply, the Applicant brought two applications namely; a. Application for Expedited Hearing in which he sought for an order of this Court granting the Plaintiff expedited hearing of the suit pursuant to Article 59(1) and (2) of the Rules of this Court. b. An Application asking the Court to enter judgment in default against the Defendant for failure to enter appearance or file a defence to the suit in accordance with Article 90 of the Rules of this Court. However, before the hearing of the two applications, the Defendant filed an application pursuant to Article 35(2) of the Rules of this Court seeking for the order of the Court granting an extension of time within which the Defendant should enter appearance, file and serve a Defence on the Plaintiff and to deem same as properly filed and served. c. On the 12th of February 2015, the Defendant moved its motion for extension of time. The Plaintiff who had originally filed a motion to strike out the application for p. 12

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