The Court is mindful of the fact that an arrest and detention premised on lawful grounds cannot be seen as a violation of the guaranteed right to liberty. See BARTHELEMY DIAS V. REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL (2012) ECW/CCJ/JUG/05/12 and ALHAJI HAMANI TIDJANI V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND 4 ORS. (2007) ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/07. In determining the legality of the alleged arrest and detention the Court will consider whether or not the alleged unlawful and violent procession resulted in the disruption of public peace as the Respondent would want this Honorable Court to believe. Whether the Respondent has shown any credible evidence documentary or oral before the Court to establish the Applicants unruly behavior and subsequent failure to comply with dispersal orders which has resulted to breach of Public Oder, threat to Public safety as the Respondent averred in his defense. It is trite law that the burden of proof rests on the person making the allegation to ascertain the truth of his assertion. Such a person can succeed or fail on the strength of his evidence. In the case of FEMI FALANA & ANOR V. REPUBLIC OF BENIN & 2 ORS (2012) ECW/CCJ/JUD/02/12, this Court held that “as always, that the onus of proof is on a party who asserts a fact and who will fail if that fact fails to attain that standard of proof that will persuade the court to believe the statement of the claim”. Also, in SIKIRU ALADE V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (2012) ECW/CCJ/JUD/10/12 the Court found that every material allegation of claim must be justified with credible evidence and the defense should also sufficiently satisfy every defense and put forward what will rebut the claim or take the risk of putting nothing at all if the claim by their estimation is weak and unproven. In the instance case, it is the expectation of the Court that the Respondent would have tendered hospital report of treatment of agents of the Respondent as a result of injuries sustained from the missiles alleged to have been thrown by the Applicants and even pictures of destructions alleged to have been done by the unruly behavior of the Applicants. The Court notes that Article 11 of the African Charter provides that: 16

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