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• Tobacco firms ask court to dismiss FG’s N5.3tn suit 

Tobacco manufacturers have asked a Federal High Court to dismiss a suit filed against them by the Federal Government in which government is asking for N5.3trn compensation for havoc done to under-aged smokers through their operations in Nigeria.

The companies include British American Tobacco (Nigeria) Limited, International Tobacco Limited, British American Tobacco Plc, British American Tobacco (Investment) Ltd. and Philip Morris International.

All the defendants, except Philip Morris International, have filed separate preliminary objections to the suit in which they challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to hear and determine the case.

The British American Tobacco (Nigeria) Limited in its objection filed by Mr. Kola Awodein, SAN, said that government was not entitled to the cost because it failed to produce documentary evidence to support its claim for medical costs allegedly expended on smokers.

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