PARTIES 1. Private Barnabas Eli (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicant) is a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by birth and is therefore a community citizen of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). 2. The Application was filed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent State”), a member State of the ECOWAS and signatory to the ECOWAS Treaty. SUMMARY OF FACTS 3. The Applicant avers that he was recruited into the Nigerian Army, a military institution of the Respondent State on 14 August 2009. Subsequently, he was commissioned as a soldier of the Nigerian Army, following a successful recruitment exercise, on 14 January 2010 and issued with Army Number 09NA/64/4667. 4. The Applicant states that after he was commissioned as a soldier, he was drafted to 1 Battalion of the Nigerian Army. He states that sometime in January 2011, he was detailed to participate in a National Assignment known as Special Task Force (STF), Operation Save Haven in Jos Plateau State and he resumed at the STF headquarters in Jos. He states that while he was on the said national assignment, he was posted to Kassa checkpoint sector 7. 5. The Applicant further states that on 6 April 2012, while on duty at the Kassa checkpoint, he suddenly developed a stomach upset, which became uncontrollable. He then went to the nearest chemist to get medication. He states that upon his return, he discovered that unknown persons had burgled his 2