Public interest lawyer, Ayodele Ademiluyi, has taken the Nigerian Government, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to court and demanding N500 billion in damages.
This is over what Ademiluyi described as a blatant breach of the rule of law in handling two aviation infractions involving popular musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, and passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson.
The suit, filed under the number FHC/L/CS/1632/25, lists as respondents: the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo (SAN), NCAA, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Ibom Air, ValueJet, the Nigerian Correctional Service, King Wasiu Ayinde, the Nigerian Police Force, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the state’s Attorney-General, and the Airline Operators of Nigeria.
Addressing a press conference, Ademiluyi, who is also convener of the Movement for Justice and Secretary of the Radical Gender Movement stated that the action was necessary to enforce accountability and protect the public interest.
According to him, the matter transcends the personalities involved and points to systemic decay in the aviation sector.
“Our aviation system needs a complete overhauling. We cannot allow impunity to reign or degenerate into a banana republic where someone can stop a plane with their bare hands and walk away without consequence,” he said.
