| Article 11: “Fach State Party shall keep urder systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices as well as. arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form under of arrest, detention its jurisdiction, with a or imprisonment view to shall ensure in any preventing any territory cases of torture.” Article 12: “Each authorities wherever torture State proceed to Party a prompt there is reasonable has been and ground committed in that impartial to believe any its competent investigation, that an act of territory under its jurisdiction.” 54, The Court adjudges that in the instant case, in respect of the allegations of torture made by the Applicant, the Federal Republic of Nigeria must adhere to the provisions of Article 12 of the above-cited Convention, by proceeding to conduct an impartial inquiry within reasonable time. (c) Regarding reliefs sought 4455. Paragraph 5, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides: “Anyone who has been a victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable rignt to compensation.” Thus, the Applicant asks for Ten Million Naira in reparation for the violations suffered, the psychological trauma, loss of esteem before his military colleagues, and break-ups in his family relations. Besides, his detention beyond the period for the confirmation of his sentence has been declared arbitrary, and he was unable to seek redress before a national court because of the absence of confirmation for his sentence. Given those conditions, the Court awards him an all-inclusive reparation Five Million Naira (N 5,000,000), for all causes of harm done him. of

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