nigeria ' s kano governor and united drugs firm squibb have agreed to settlement a multi - million dollar lawsuit out of court , lawyers for both sides say . drugmaker has been accused of killing 11 children and affecting 181 children before an antibiotic was found on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996 . the government denies the claims , suggesting they were victims of the outbreak . the kano central lawyer told the bbc compensation to be pay to people , but figures could not yet be disclosed . barrister aliyu umar saying he would all be provided to a private hospital .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.