Group of Nigerian lawyers sue China for $200bn over adverse effect of COVID-19

A class action suit has been filed against the Peoples Republic of China for not being transparent enough on the novel COVID-19 disease and the adverse effect of the pandemic on Nigerians.

The suit was filed by a group of Nigerian 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”.

The group of lawyers also informed in a statement on Sunday by its lead counsel, Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN) that they have concluded pleadings for the class action against the Chinese government.

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Azinge, 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, also disclosed that they’ve planned a two phase line of action.

He 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 200 billion dollars the Chinese Government will be served through its Embassy in Nigeria,” Azinge added.

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