IV. PRAYERS
OF THE PARTIES
14. In the course of the written procedure, the following submissions were made by the
Parties:
On behalf of the Applicant,
In the Application:
“410....1 request the Court (ACHPR) to intervene due to unconstitutional acts against me by the
subordinate Court, 1st and 2nd appellate Court of my country and the Police force in general.
11....1
humbly
beg
that, this court [to] restore justice where
it was
overlooked,
quash
both
conviction and sentence and set me at Liberty
12....this Court of Human
and Peoples’
Rights may grant any other order or relief that it may
deem fit”.
At the Public Hearing:
“\...we make a few prayers on behalf of the Applicant:
One, for a declaration that the Respondent State violated the Applicant’s rights to a fair trial and
enjoin the latter to provide him assistance for his defence.
Two, for a declaration that the Respondent State violated the Applicant's right to legal aid and
representation.
In view of the circumstances of the case, we pray for an Order of the Court that the Courts of the
Respondent State re-examine the Applicant’s trial and conviction in light of the multiple violations
of his fair trial rights that we have averred and that it does so within a reasonable time as this
Honourable Court may determine.
We also seek a further Order contingent to this previous Order that in so doing in seeking a reexamination
of the Applicant’s trial and conviction that the Respondent
State provide aid and
representation to the Applicant.
Lastly,
we
also pray for an Order that
proceedings
for reparation
should
follow the various
declarations of violations of the rights of the Applicant that we have averred.
Finally, that this Court make any further declarations or orders as it deems necessary in the
circumstances of the case to render substantive justice to the Applicant”
On behalf of the Respondent State,
In its Response:
“The Respondent prays the Court to order as follows in respect of
Ge
of "\
Application:
:
Axe
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