The 3rd Plaintiff is a Nigerian citizen and resides in Port Harcourt. She is a Special Assistant in a company called Buy Naija and also Chief executive officer of J.E Inienes limited. The 4th Plaintiff is a Nigerian citizen and resides in Abuja. She is a business woman and deals in sales of clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry etc. at Utako market, Abuja. The Defendant is the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Member State of ECOWAS. The 1st Plaintiff avers that on the 23rd of September 2011, she received a call from a friend of hers informing her that 3 bridesmaids who came for a wedding of a mutual friend were abducted by some people in a white bus. The 1st Plaintiff states that she responded to the distress call which was placed around midnight and immediately communicated with the abducted victims to locate where they were taking them. She later realized that there were 2 buses branded Abuja Environmental Protection Board and Society against Prostitution and Child Labour (SAPCLN) and both buses had plain clothed men and armed police men who were going around abducting women they saw on the streets of Abuja. Continuing, the 1st plaintiff states that when they got to the AEPB office in Area 3 Garki, Abuja, they pleaded with the officers at the gate to release the women. In response the officials rained abuses on them for pleading on their behalf. 4