A group of Nigerian lawyers have filed a class action suit against
China, following the adverse effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on
Nigerians.
The lawyers who are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss
of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social
disorientation, mental torture and disruption of normal daily existence
of people in Nigeria”, said they have concluded pleadings for the class
action against the Chinese government.
The lead counsel, Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN) who is a former
Director-General of the Nigeria Institute of Legal Studies (NIALS) and a
current member of the Commonwealth Arbitral Tribunal London,
representing Nigeria and Africa, disclosed they’ve planned a two phase
line of action.
Azinge said;
“The team of legal experts planned a two phase line of action-: first
is with the federal high court of Nigeria and secondly to persuade the
government of Federal Republic of Nigeria to institute a state action
against the Peoples Republic of China at the International Court of
Justice at the Hague“The legal experts will be claiming damages to the tune of 200billion
dollars the Chinese Government will be served through its Embassy in
Nigeria.”
