iv.
An award of five hundred thousand (500,000) US Dollars as general
damages and/or exemplary damages for the unlawful denial of the
rights to association and assembly of the Applicants and interest
therein at ten percent (10%) per month from the date of the judgment
until judgment is fully liquidated against the Respondent.
94.With regards to relief one, having found that the Respondent violated the
Current Applicants’ rights to peaceful assembly, the Court declares that the
Respondent is in violation of Article 11 of the African Charter.
95.Regarding the second relief, the Court declares that the Respondent having
signed, ratified and domesticated the African Charter, has the duty to ensure
the protection of the assembly of the 28 March 2021 as guaranteed in Article
11 of the African Charter and other international human rights instruments.
96.Regarding the third relief, the Applicants sought a perpetual injunction
restraining the Respondent or its agents or privies from issuing any ban
notice, disturbing or interfering with the rights of any person or group or
group of persons from any part of Nigeria from holding assembly or
associating with themselves as a group or part of a group in pursuance of
their rights as stipulated by law.
97.The Court is of the considered opinion that this relief is overly broad,
especially in light of the fact that there are numerous groups in the country.
The Court will therefore exercise caution in granting such a broad relief
which does not specifically relate to the Applicants. Hence the Court will
confine its orders to the Applicants as it relates to their specific situation.
Therefore, the Court orders the Respondent to refrain from preventing the
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