{"id":10838,"date":"2020-04-27T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10838"},"modified":"2020-04-27T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:52:45","slug":"group-of-nigerian-lawyers-sue-china-for-200bn-over-adverse-effect-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10838","title":{"rendered":"Group of Nigerian lawyers sue China for $200bn over adverse effect of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/China-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Group of Nigerian lawyers sue China for $200bn over adverse effect of COVID-19\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A class action suit has been filed against the Peoples Republic of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/China\/\">China<\/a>&nbsp;for not being transparent enough on the novel COVID-19 disease and the adverse effect of the pandemic on Nigerians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suit was filed by a group of Nigerian lawyers who are demanding $200 billion as damages for the \u201closs of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of normal daily existence of people in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019ve planned a two phase line of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said; \u201cThe 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe legal experts will be claiming damages to the tune of 200 billion dollars the Chinese Government will be served through its Embassy in Nigeria,\u201d Azinge added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A class action suit has been filed against the Peoples Republic of&nbsp;China&nbsp;for not being transparent enough on the novel COVID-19 disease and the adverse effect of the pandemic on Nigerians. 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