of the deceased (their father). The Applicants, having lost their source of support and the state having failed to investigate the allegations, puts the Respondent in a blameworthy situation. The Court is obliged to consider whether the Applicants being found in such a situation as deprivation of support, are entitled to compensation. The Court notes that compensation in human rights cases is meant to put the claimants in the position that they were before the violation occurred. This is meant to cater for any proven hardships following the violation. In the present case, since the Applicants claim that their support has been extinguished by the demise of their father, who was the breadwinner for the family, it is incumbent upon the Court to consider the justification of their entitlement to compensation or otherwise. The Court notes that the Applicants had suffered variously since the death of the Mr. Abutu Adamu. Though the Applicants failed to furnish the Court with their respective dates of birth, the facts of the case are that they include children of school going ages, who were deprived from going to school because their breadwinner was killed unlawfully. In her attempt to clarify the issue of date of birth of the Applicants, the First Applicant who herself did not provide documentary evidence in support of her age, during her oral testimony on oath clearly submitted that her birth was unrecorded. The Court recalls that the Respondent never controverted these facts neither in their defense nor during cross examination. It is trite law that, uncontroverted oral evidence on oath concerning any fact in issue in a trial renders the said fact as duly proven and the Court is unfettered to rely on same for its decision. This is particularly so where the credibility of the witness stands not impugned. Consequently, the Court deems that facts specifically pleaded by the Applicants and not denied by the Respondent are deemed to have been admitted. Having declared that the Applicants are indirect victims clothed with the requisite capacity to bring their claims against the Respondent, and acknowledging that they have suffered irreparable loss, and having been subjected to various degrees of hardship, both present and in future, this Court finds that they are entitled to compensation and the Court so holds. Decision 15