1. WHETHER FROM THE TOTALITY OF FACTS ADDUCED, THIS ACTION AS CONSTITUTED AND CONCEIVED CAN BE ENTERTAINED BY THIS COURT, AND THE RELIEFS SOUGHT GRANTED? The Plaintiffs in their application alleged a violation by the Defendant of their rights guaranteed by Article 20 and 22 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Plaintiffs aver that since the 29th of August 2014, their Community Ette Olamaboro LGA, Kogi State has been under an aggressive attack by some community members in Enugu state. That these attacks were carried out by some hoodlums in the company of the Police force, who invaded their community, destroyed, killed and left them internally displaced. That as a result of this encroachment, their rights to existence and selfdetermination has been infringed upon and the Defendant has neglected and or failed to protect these rights. Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides: All people have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. 14