·' row and awaiting execution, and that without an urgent pronouncement I I ... 1 by the court the defendant will proceed with the execution and render void the attempt to challenge the conviction and sentence under the Robbery and Firearms Tribunal Act. 45. Furthermore there is an urgent need for the Court to make a pronouncement by way of the relief sought in this case. In connection with the 2nd defendant in paragraph 22 of the affidavit of the 2nd plaintiff, he deposed that he (the 2nd plaintiff) narrowly escaped execution on the 24th of June 2013 following the signing of the warrant of execution by Edo State Government of Nigeria, Mr Adams Oshiomhole and that executing him would result to the violation of his right to appeal guaranteed by Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. He further stated that he the 2nd plaintiff filed a case at the Federal High Court seeking the same reliefs as before this court as no exhaustion of local remedies required before this Court. 46. The case of Koraou v Niger delivered on the 27th October 2008 on the exhaustion of local remedies was relied upon on the question of local remedies as a prerequisite of bringing actions before an international Court, like this Court. However, it was made clear that the question of local remedies was inapplicable in bringing actions of human - rights before this Court. He also stated that the sentence in question alleged the violation of Articles 4 and 7 of the African Charter if a convict is executed without exhausting the avenues for appeal and that it would also amount to an arbitrary deprivation of right to life. He also mentioned that the circumstances of the 2nd plaintiff disclosed imminent 18