A coalition of Nigerian legal experts have filed a class action against china and are demanding the sum of $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of normal existence of people in Nigeria” due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Nigeria.
The lead counsel, Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN) who is a current member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal London, representing Nigeria and Africa said they have concluded pleadings for the class action against the Chinese government.
According to Prof. Azinge; “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 the Federal Republic of Nigeria to institute a state action at the International Court of Justice at the Hague against the Peoples Republic of China.
