Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Provides: Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. Article 11: (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. It is not in doubt that the above article stress the significance of being heard. The question is, has the Plaintiff’s right to be heard been violated stricto senso? Was he denied the opportunity to be heard? Notice and an opportunity to be heard are the hallmarks of due process. Opportunity to be heard means the chance to appear before a Court or tribunal to present evidence and argument before being punished by governmental authority. An opportunity to be heard is an indispensable essential to the administration of due process of law. See Tayib Ba Vs. Republic of Sierra Leone (2014) In the instant case, there is no evidence before this court to establish that the Plaintiffs right to be heard was violated, no proof whatsoever of any case against the Plaintiff, there is also nothing before the Court to show that he was charged 20

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