and constitute torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment. They therefore prayed the Court to release them on medical grounds. 17.The Applicants further aver that they are traumatized and daily live in fear of imminent execution, particularly with the recent pronouncements by the Vice President during the National Economic Council Meeting in February 2018 and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in April 2018, urging State Governors to sign the death warrants to enable a decongestion of the Nigerian Prisons. 18.The Applicants’ case is also supported by a 22 paragraph affidavit sworn to by Mr. Jude Arthur Angel, a member of staff of the first Applicant. b) Pleas in law 19.The Applicants rely on the following laws: i. Articles 2, 5 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; ii. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act. 1\Cap A9, Vol 1 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004; iii. Article 4 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). c) Reliefs sought 20.The reliefs sought by the Applicants are as follows: i. A Declaration that the Applicants have suffered extreme mental torture, inhuman and degrading condition having been kept on death row for more than 28 years and without access to adequate medical treatment. 8