From the totality of evidence before this Court, it appears the applicants have established a case of infringement on their rights to freedom of expression and torture as the case may be and the Court so hold. DECISION: The Court adjudicating in a public sitting after hearing the Parties in the last resort and after deliberating in accordance with law. AS TO THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTION: Declares that it has jurisdiction to entertain this case and therefore dismiss the preliminary objection of the Defendant. AS TO MERITS: DECLARES; 1. That the action of the Defendant in enforcing the provisions of its law on sedition ( the subject matter of this Application) against the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Applicants which forced them to exile violates the rights of the Applicants under Articles 6, 9 12 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Articles 9, 12(4) and 19 (2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, and Article 66(2) © of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty. 56