A class-action suit against China has been filled by a group of Nigerian lawyers following the adverse effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on Nigerians.
Led 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, the lawyers are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of the normal daily existence of people in Nigeria.
Prof. Azinge (SAN), said they have concluded pleadings for the class action against the Chinese government.
He disclosed they’ve planned a two-phase line of action. According to him:
“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.”
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