5. AN ORDER DIRECTING the 2nd – 15th Defendants to permit the Plaintiff to
enforce the decision and orders of this Honourable Court made in his favour
against any of the 1st Defendant’s assets that may be found within any of
their territories without any regard to the 1st Defendant’s putative sovereign
immunity.
6. AN ORDER MANDATING the 16th and 17th Defendants and the Authority of
Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS to impose the sanctions
prescribed in Article 77 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty on the 1st Defendant
if it continues in its refusal, failure and/or neglect to comply with the decision
and orders of this Honourable Court made against it.
7. COSTS of this application.
The 16th and 17th Defendants filed a preliminary objection praying this Court
to dismiss/strike out this suit for want of jurisdiction or in the alternative, to
strike out their names from the suit; they not being proper parties.
Specifically, the 16th and 17th Defendants/Applicants’ motion is grounded as
follows:
1. That the Honourable Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the
Plaintiff/Respondent’s application for enforcement of its judgment
2. That the 16th and 17th Defendants/Applicants not being proper, desirable
or necessary parties in this action should have their names struck out
from the suit against the 1st Defendant.
The Application for preliminary objection was heard in open Court by the
previously constituted panel of the Court but was unable to deliver
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