and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights which this Court is enjoined to interpret and apply by
virtue of the treaty establishing it.
d. That the crux of the Applicant’s complaint is that he is being
detained without any lawful justification in disregard of the
Defendant’s International obligations and the Preliminary
Objection is based on misconception of the juridical and
jurisdictional powers of this Court.
e. That by Article 10(d) of the Supplementary Protocol relating to
this Court, it has concurrent jurisdiction with Municipal Courts
over Human Rights issues.
f. That the decision of this Court in MUSA SAIDY KHAN Vs.
REPUBLIC OF GAMBIA ECW/CCJ/RUL/04/09 is germane to the
determination of this suit and that ALIYU TASHEKU Vs. FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (2012) ECW/CCJ/RUL/12/12 is not
applicable in this case mainly because in Aliyu Tasheku’s case
the Applicant was lawfully arrested whereas here the Applicant
complains about his unlawful arrest and detention without
recourse to due process after being granted bail by three Courts
in Nigeria. The Applicant relied on the cases of MAMADOU
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