I' ON DEFENDANTS OBJECTION ON THE CAUSE OF ACTlON 77. A cause of action can be described as the reason or the facts that entitle a person to sue or bring his case to the court, or a factual situation that entitles one person to obtain from the court a remedy against another person. (Letang v. Cooper [1960] 2 All ER 929. 78. According to the facts alleged by plaintiffs in their pleadings, the reason - why they bring the case against the defendant, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is that a public entity was planning to demolish a waterfront in Bundu . Community for urban renewal purpose, without giving the residents just previous assurance of being awarded _, con1pensation. other residents For that decided reason, the to plaintiffs embark on a and peaceful den1onsttation to express their opposition to that exercise. According to plaintiffs' narration, that peaceful demonstration had been dispersed by security agents, who shot at the demonstrators injuring some of them, namely the plaintiffs. - Considering that the planned demolition and the action by the security agents, who dispersed their peaceful den1onstration with the use of force, substantiate a violation of their human rights, whose enjoyment the Federal Republic of Nigeria is under international obligation to ensure, they decided to bring that defendant to the Court to seek justice and re1nedy for. the said violation. 77