At the hearing of 14 October 2015, the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not put in an appearance, nor did it produce the documents demanded by the Court. At that same hearing, Plaintiff Counsel made further pleadings, by affirming: 1. That he had abandoned his statement concerning "illegal killing", as previously alleged to have been committed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and that hence, he was only going to make mention of a "suspicious disappearance" of the persons cited as deceased; 2. That his request was limited to asking the Federal Republic of Nigeria to conduct the necessary inquiries and investigations into the matter brought, so that he would be enlightened as to the fate of the persons in contention; 3. That at that stage of the procedure, at any rate, he was not asking for any financial compensation. Ill. ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES The Plaintiff purport to be dependents of the deceased or missing persons for their daily living and support, that they had thus been permanently denied their breadwinner, and complain of "failure of the Defendant (Federal Republic of Nigeria) to protect the rights of the deceased persons or to take measures to give effect to the rights provided under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights." They rely on Articles 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter 10 (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 1990 and on Article 3 of the ECOWAS Treaty, claiming that all the provisions therein were violated by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by the involvement of its police officers and security agencies in the acts perpetrated against the alleged deceased persons. The Plaintiff therefore seek the following orders from the Court: - A declaration that the Defendant failed in its obligation to respect the rights of the deceased persons- notably the right to life; - A declaration that the failure and/or refusal by the Federal Republic of Nigeria to investigate, discipline and prosecute the police officers "involved in the arbitrary arrest, torture and unlawful killing" of the deceased persons, constitutes a violation of certain specific rights, notably as stated in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; 3