- f grounds to establish as tru1 the allegation that, on 12th I October, the 2nd to 11th plaintiffs were taking part in a peaceful demonstration against the proposed demolition of Bundu waterfront settlement by the Rivers State Government, when in a bid to disrupt the protesters the military personnel shot and injured some of the plaintiffs. No serious reason has been given, no evidence has been led or read during the trial to justify the decision taken by the security forces to disrupt that peaceful demonstration and to shoot at the demonstrators injuring some of them. Even the single witness called by the Defendant, the Rivers confirmed State, under cross-examination that the demonstration was peaceful and that there was no need to call for reinforce1nent of security agents. He went further to state _, that in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, police and military (5; -¥:/;' are under Federal Government control. The Federal Republic of Nigeria did not challenge that testimony in any way. 90. This Court also takes judicial notice of the fact that in Nigeria, the Police and Armed Forces, are under the exclusive cm1trol of the Federal Government. The police and army are thus agents of the Federal Government. · r··