any element of possible violation of Article 4 and 6 of the African Charter. The Court so holds. Turning now to Article 7 which has been reproduced above, the essential ingredients are the right to appeal, the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the right to defense by counsel of your choice, the right to be tried within a reasonable time by impartial court, and freedom from retroactive punishment. Though the Plaintiff alleged a violation of this article by the defendants they were not specific as to which of the ingredients were violated. As explained earlier, the Plaintiffs by their presented facts participated all through the proceedings and even testified on their behalf. They were represented by a counsel of their choice and no allegation of bias was levelled against the trial Court. Furthermore, their trial was for an offence which at all times material was known in law and legally punishable under the law. There is therefore no material to indicate a possible violation of Article 7. There is therefore no factual indication of violation of any of the articles to arouse this court’s jurisdiction under Article 9(4) of the Supplementary Protocol. The Plaintiffs’ present application hinges on alleged wrongful admission of an otherwise admissible evidence to wit: the autopsy report prepared by the 5th defendant. This contention even if substantiated is an irregularity in proceedings which is an issue for appeal. 28

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