Bizwoman Sues Air Peace, Others Over Terrorism Accusation •Demands N2.005bn As Damages

A Nigeria businesswoman, Mrs. Nneka Ogbonna, has dragged Air Peace Limited and four others before a Lagos Federal High Court, for calling her a terrorist, hijacker and breaching her fundamental Rights.
Others sued before the court in a fundamental Rights enforcement suit marked FHC/L/SC/1206/2020, alongside Air Peace Limited are: Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Captain Horace Millar-Jaja, a pilot with Air Peace.
The businesswoman, Nneka, in the suit is asking the court for the following reliefs against all the respondents; a declaration that Captain Millar-Jaja violated her right to Dignity of Human Person as guaranteed under Section 34(1) of the 1999 Constitution and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and her Right to Freedom of Movement as guaranteed under Section 41(1) of the 1999 Constitution and Article 12(1)(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights by initiating the process for her unlawful and forceful disembarkation from the Air Peace flight 7210 from Lagos to Warri on December 10, 2019, which she said is contrary to Regulations 17.40.3, 17.58.8 and 17.93.4 of Part 17 of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, 2015.

A declaration that Captain Millar-Jaja violated her Right to Dignity of Human Person as guaranteed under Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, by falsely announcing to the hearing of everyone inside the Air Peace flight 7210 from Lagos to Warri on December 10, 2019, that she was a hijacker, who had hijacked that aircraft contrary to the definition of “hijacking” as contained in section 56(2) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Act, 2006.

A declaration that the NCAA and FAAN violated her Right to Dignity of Human Person as guaranteed under Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, when two of its male employees (Fatoyinbo with AVSEC.ID Card No. 25870 and Nze, Head of Crime and Investigation) attempted to forcefully and unlawfully remove her from her seat inside Air Peace flight 7210 from Lagos to Warri on December 10, 2019 in violation of the “same gender’ principle enshrined in Regulation 15.8.3(a)(iii) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, 2015.

A declaration that the NCAA and FAAN breached her Right to Dignity of Human Person as guaranteed under Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and her Right to Freedom of Movement as guaranteed under section 41 (1) of the 1999 Constitution and Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights when its officers and employees physically restrained, molested, assaulted and battered the applicant in their attempt to unlawfully disembark her and in actually disembarking her from Air Peace flight 7210 from Lagos to Warri on 10th of December 2019 without lawful cause or justification.

A declaration that the NCAA and FAAN breached her Right to Dignity of Human Person as guaranteed under Section 34 (1) of the 1999 Constitution and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and her Right to Freedom of Movement as guaranteed under section 41 (1) of the 1999 Constitution and Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights when its officers and employees lured her into their vehicle under the guise of helping her file a formal Complaint against the airline, whereas their intention was to unlawfully detain her at their office without disclosing her offence to her and subsequently hand her over to the Nigeria Police without lawful cause or justification...

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