50. The police invited and obtained statements from the I publishers of the Newspaper, who denied knowledge of the publication and admitted that the authors of the publications did so without verifying the circumstances of the death of Onyebuchi Ngozi, the deceased who was allegedly killed in the Bundu incident, and the 2 publishers, Prince Okaranto and Owei Sikipi, were charged for the offences. 51. In addition, the 3rd to 5th defendants raised a preliminary objection on the jurisdiction of this Court to entertain this action, on the following grounds: a. That the allegation of breach of rights by the plaintiffs is misconceived and a deliberate ploy to interfere with the executive powers of the 3rd defendant. b. That the 3 r d - 5th defendants are not proper parties to the suit, not being Member States. c. That the suit is an abuse of process, being a proliferation of similar suit pending before the National court. - ANALYSIS OF THE COURT 52. The defendants raised preliminary issues for detern1ination by this Court, which are summarized as follow: