by the Defendant. All these acts amount to a violation of Article 4 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Accordingly, the application of the Applicants succeeds. DECISION The Court adjudicating in a public siting, after hearing the parties in last resort, after deliberating in accordance with the law, AS TO MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME: Declares that all motion for extension of time filed by all the Parties be granted and the same are hereby granted. AS TO THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTION OF THE DEFENDANTS: Declares that the 2nd and 3rd Defendants are not appropriate parties to this suit and their names are hereby struck out from the proceedings, but all other grounds of objections are hereby dismissed. AS TO THE MERITS: Rules that the arguments and defense of the Defendant are not supported by evidence, and accordingly, enters judgment against the Defendant for the illegal killings of the persons named and represented by the 1st Applicant and injuries caused to the 2nd to the 12th Applicants; And awards the sum of §200,000 (two hundred thousand United States Dollars) to each of the deceased families and 48