c) Find that there has been no prior legal proceedings against the Applicant for expropriation in the public interest; d) Adjudge and Declare that the expropriation, confiscation and use of property belonging to the Applicant without a fair and prior compensation, constitutes manifest violations of its fundamental rights to property; e) Adjudge and Declare that the Respondent State violated Articles 14 of the African Charter and Article 17 of the UDHR; f) Order the Respondent State to pay the sum of twenty four billion, three hundred and five million, thirty-three thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two CFA Francs (24, 304,033,982 CFA F), to the Applicant as compensation for all damages caused; g. Order the Respondent State to pay the sum of two hundred and fifty million CFA Francs (250,000,000 CFA F), to the Applicant as irrecoverable expenses not included in the costs. h. Order the Respondent State to bear the costs of the proceedings before the Court. The Respondent State’s Objection on locus standi 15. Ahead of their defense, the Respondent raised a preliminary objection challenging the locus standi of the Applicant to initiate this action. In adumbration, they argue that the Applicant being a body corporate is not entitled to the benefits of human rights which is only applicable to human persons. As such the Applicant cannot be heard under Article 10 (d) of the Supplementary Protocol. 16. The Respondent also challenged the applicability of the legal instruments relied upon by the Applicants to wit; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. They argued that being a corporate entity, it is not entitled to the protection as provided under these instruments and as such the said provisions were wrongly invoked. The respondent therefore urged the Court to declare the application inadmissible. 6