probative value to the photographs pleaded. The Court therefore rejects the photographs as evidence that the Applicants participated in the rally and were locked up within the premises of the Museum Grounds. Exhibits E, F, & G, are media reports of the Daily Trust, Sun News and Vanguard News online respectively, relevant excerpts of which are reproduced hereunder: Daily Trust of 30 March 2021 – “There was mild drama on Monday as a combined team of security agents numbering over 100 prevented a coalition of civil society organisations, students and youth groups from protesting the hike in the price of cement in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The protesting group converged on the premises of the national museum in Benin City to hit the street but security personnel comprising of Nigeria Police, Department of Security Services (DSS), and Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corp (NCDC) and local vigilante group, shut the gate of the museum against the protesters. Residents, including staff who have businesses to carry out within the premises were also shut out. Addressing journalists, Comrade Kelly Osunbor said the protest was to draw the attention of the government and concerned authorities to the plight of Nigerians occasioned by the recent hike in the price of cement and petrol.” Vanguard News Nigeria of 29 March 2021 – The Police in Edo State Monday confined hundreds of civil society groups, which have gathered at the museum ground in Benin City to protest recent hikes in cement and petroleum products. One of the leaders of the protesters and former president of Students Union Government of the University of Benin Osemudiamen Ogbidi, demanded 23