1. Every internationally wrongful act of a state entails the internal responsibility of that State. 2. There is an internationally wrongful act of a state when conduct consisting of an action or omission. (a) Is attributable to the State under internal law and (b) Constitutes a breach of an international obligation of the State. In the instant case, there is no dispute on the fact that the police officers who stopped the Plaintiff at the border for a routine check are agents of the Defendant. This was admitted by the Defendant in its defence. Also the capacity in which they carried their actions is not in issue. In Tidjane Konte v. Republic of Ghana Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/14 unreported, the court held that "The State remains the sole obligator to respect, protect and fulfill human rights under the Treaty and placed reliance on Article 6 of the Report of the 53rd Session of International Law Commission which provides "the conduct of an organ of State shall be considered as an act of that State under International Law, whether that organ belongs to the constituent, legislative, executive, judicial or other power, whether its functions are of international or subordinate position in the organisation of the State". In MOUKHTAR IBRAHIM AMINU V GOVERNMENT OF JIGAWA STATE & 3 ORS, this Court held that “the question as to whether there has been an 21

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