51. To qualify as a victim, the Applicant must be able to establish that he or she has suffered a personal loss and has an interest that is direct and ascertainable. In other words “To claim to be a victim, there must exist a sufficient direct link between an applicant and the prejudice he deems to have suffered as a result of the alleged violation.” see AZIAGBEDE KOKOU & 68 ORS V. REPUBLIC OF TOGO ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/13 Page 175 @24. 52. The Court further reiterated this fact when it held that, “Generally, and from a legal standpoint, the necessity for an Applicant to provide justification of interest in a case is attested to be the adage that where there is no interest, there is no action, and also an interest is the measuring rod for an action. In other words, an application is admissible only when the applicant justifies that he brings a case before a Judge for the purposes of protecting an interest or defending an infringement of such. Such an interest must be direct, personal and certain.” (Emphasis added). See ODAFE OSERADA V. ECOWAS COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ECOWAS PARLIAMENT & ECOWAS COMMISSION, ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/08 @ 27. 53. As stated ibid, the Applicant did not counter the allegation of discrepancy in name and the onus rests on him to substantiate his interest in the said building. It is trite that he who alleges must prove. “It is a general rule in law that in the course of a trial, the party making the allegations must prove it. The constitution and demonstration of the evidence therefore falls on the concerned parties. They must use all the legal means and provide evidence 19