An unprecedented legal claim by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema for tens of millions of pounds in damages from the alleged perpetrators of a coup against him last year was thrown out by a judge in London's High Court yesterday.
The claim had been brought against Lebanese oil tycoon Eli Calil; former British Special Air Service officer Simon Mann, and two offshore companies said to be controlled by him; an associate, Greg Wales; and Severo Moto Nsa, an exiled Equatorial Guinea opposition leader who, it was claimed, would have replaced Mr Obiang had the alleged coup succeeded.
