/ b) A declaration that the sentence against the plaintiff for facts that happened during her minority is violation of her fundamental rights as guaranteed under articles 5 and 1 7 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; c) A declaration that the condemnation of the mother of a young child to death is a gross violation of article 30 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; f) a declaration that the condemnation to death by hanging is a form of torture cruel in human and degrading treatment or punishment; g) a order that the death sentence be quashed and the plaintiff released until it can be ensured that she will benefit from fair proceedings as guaranteed by international standards; h) in the alternative an order that the defendant commutes forthwith the sentence of death penalty to another sentence which will take care of the case's peculiarities, the condemnation were pronounced for facts committed during the minority of the plaintiff and while she is actually the mother of a young girl; i) in the further alternative, an order that the plaintiff be transferred to other facilities specifically suited for the holding of a young woman who was b elow 18 years of age when the facts occurred; ,· · j) in any event an injunction to restrain the defendants from executing the death sentence pronounced without respect of the plaintiffs rights to defence, to a special treatment as a minor and as a mother, to dignity, and to be free from torture and inhuman punishment; . k) an order directing the defendant to pay adequate monetary compensation of Nl0,0OOOOO (ten million naira) only as a result of the undergone moral damage. FACTS OF THE CASE. - 13. Based on these reliefs the plaintiff narrated the facts of the case to justify the granting of the said reliefs. The plaintiff was arrested on March 28, 2006, being suspected of setting her husband on fire and causing his death. At the time, she was only 13 years old and had already been married for 5 months. She was remanded in Katsina Children Remand Home, where she 3