(a) Chandi, an Indian, has been carrying on business in Nigeria for over ten years. Recently, he was discovered to have imported several goods into Nigeria without paying the appropriate Custom and Excise duties on the goods. He was arrested, detained and tried before the Federal High Court. In his defense, he stressed that since he is not a Nigerian, he ought not to be tried under Nigerian laws, but rather the Indian laws should be applied to him simply because he had stayed over ten years in Nigeria. In addition, since India and Nigeria are both Commonwealth countries, they have a common source of laws.
Advise Chandi.
(b) State any THREE rules of statutory interpretation.
(c) List the THREE essential elements of the tort of negligence.