case law (Cf Judgment N0 ECW/ CCJ /RUL/02/10 of 14 I May, 2010 APP/07/08, Hissein Habre v Senegal, paragraphs 53, 58 and 59; Judgment N° ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/l 0 of 8th November, 2010, in the case ECW/CCJ /APP/05/09 of Mamadou Tandja v Niger paragraph 18(1)(b). 72. As has been consistently held by this Court, the mere allegation that there has been violation of human rights in . ' ,. { , the territory of a· Member State is sufficient prima facie to justify the jurisdiction of this Court on the dispute, surely without any prejudice to the substance and merits of the complaint which has to be detern1ined only after the parties had been given opportunity to present their case, with full guarantees of fair trial. . 73. The Federal Republic of Nigeria contends that the competent court to adjudicate on the dispute between the parties is a domestic court, more precisely the Rivers State High Court, where the case is pending. - 74. However, that argument see1ns to be n1isconceived, because when the complaint is based on allegations of human rights violations, as it is in the instant case; the