As Nigeria battles the virulent COVID-19 with several fatalities, some Nigerian lawyers have concluded plans to institute a $200 billion suit against the Peoples Republic of China, the epic centre of the pandemic.
The legal action is seeking compensations to the tune of $200 billion over the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on Nigerians.
The lawyers 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.”
A statement by the lead counsel, Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN), whose firm, Azinge and Azinge & co., is championing the action, said they had concluded pleadings for the class action against the Chinese government.
PerSecondNews recalls that Missouri is the first state to sue China over COVID-19m
Azinge 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 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.”
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