14.The case of the Applicant is that the Respondent failed to adhere to international standards by denying them the time and facility to appeal even when subsequent investigations disclosed facts contrary to those which were used to secure their conviction. They therefore allege that their rights to a fair trial were violated as the Respondent did not follow the procedural guarantees for a fair hearing during their trials, as required by the African Charter on Human and People’s rights. 15.They further allege that they were convicted based on mere confessional statements without corroboration, neither was any identification parade conducted by the police, additionally the confession made was elicited through torture. They therefore submitted that the Respondent violated their rights to a fair trial guaranteed by the Constitution of Nigeria, the African Charter and other international human rights instruments that the Respondent is party to. 16.It is their claim that in the various years spent on death row, they have endured torture and inhumane conditions in the prisons and live in daily fear of not knowing when they will be executed. The Applicants state that the conditions of the prison resulted in serious medical conditions for them including high blood pressure and depression. A claim they say is supported by the report of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, wherein he acknowledged the lack of medical facilities in Nigerian Prisons. They state that their condition is very critical and their sense of humanity greatly diminished due the substandard conditions of the prisons. These conditions they state is as bad as the death penalty itself, 7