Code also of the Defendant, is legally faulty. For the avoidance of doubt bringing this Application on these planks is unfounded. This is because this Court is a Sub-Regional International Court that does not derive its powers or jurisdiction from any of the domestic laws of Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Court’s powers are as contained in the 1991 Treaty relating to the Court and the Supplementary Protocol of 2005. 8. ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION IN THIS PRELIMINARY OBJECTION. From an analysis of the Defendant’s Preliminary Objection together with the argument and pleas in law in support, as well as the Reply of the Applicant, two major issues call for the determination of this Court, namely; i. Whether from the totality of the facts presented by the Applicant, the subject matter of this proceeding falls within the jurisdiction of this Court. ii. Whether the pendency of the case or similar cases before the Municipal Courts of the 21