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Jump to full article: The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria), 2009-05-28
Author: From Auwal Ahmad, Gombe
Intro: THE Gombe State government has dragged five tobacco companies before the Gombe State High Court on charges that they have been targeting minors with their products in the state in the last 20 years with a view to making them addicts.
In the suit before a high court judge, Abdul Hamed Yusuf, the state government is demanding N591 billion from British American Tobacco (Nigeria) Ltd, International Tobacco Limited, British America Tobacco Plc, British America Tobacco (Investment) Ltd, and Philip Morris International.
It is one of several class action suits filed by some states and the Federal Government against tobacco companies operating in the country. . . .
The case has been adjourned to July 2, 2009 to allow the plaintiff serve all the parties in the suit.
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