- 29.7 The Court Federal notes Republic of the sentence that on of Nigeria the day on which lit is delivering has not yet produced and the Applicant still remains its judgment, the the decision for confirmation in prison. 30. The Court notes that Alimu Akeem alleges violation of Articles 5 and 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, on one hand, and seeks a Ten Million Naira reparation, on the other hand, and he also asks the Court to order the Federal Republic of Nigeria to terminate the “oppressive, uncivilised WW) es and barbaric” attitude. On the other hand, the Federal Republic of Nigeria avers lack of jurisdiction of the Court on the grounds that the Applicant, by virtue of his status as a soldier of the Nigerian Army, is bound to follow the procedure provided under Sections 148, 178 and 183 of the Armed Forces Act. The Federal Republic of Nigeria further contends that Alimu Akeem must exhaust the remedies provided for by the said law before taking any other step, and that as a public officer he had three months at his disposal to Section 2(a) of the Public Officers Protection Act. decision, SZ. Tie Federal Republic of Nigeria maintains lawful. It asserts notably that the Applicant a criminal procedure. Besides, the Federal Honourable Court cannot adjudicate as delivered by a domestic court of a Member appeal the moreover t that under the Application | iS was ‘arrested and {tried fiin line with Republic of Nigeria argues that the an appeal court on a judgment State. Jurisdiction of the Court . In line with its consistently held case law, the Court has jurisdiction in a matter, once the case brought before it substantially seeks to ask the Court to find that there is an occurrence of human rights violation. To that end, it suffices that a human rights violation be contained in the application. Now, in the instant case, the Applicant Alimu Akeem cites violation of human rights as enshrined in Articles 5 and 6 of the African Charter‘ on Human and Peoples’ Rights, an instrument the Federal Republic of Nigeria is party to. Consequently, the Court declares that it has jurisdiction to adjudicate on the Application of Mr. Alimu Akeem,

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