Some members of the House of Representatives and four other
persons have instituted a N5 billion suit against Azman Air Services Limited
over alleged breach of contract.
Recall that some lawmakers and other passengers were stranded
at the Aminu Kano international airport in Kano state on September 22 on their
way to Abuja.
The flight was reportedly delayed from 12:30pm till 2:30pm,
then till 6pm, and again till 9:45pm.
The lawmakers eventually said they were told that they would
leave by 12:15am on September 23.
In the suit dated November 1 and marked CV/2884/2021, filed
before a federal high court in Abuja by Nkemakolam Okoro, their counsel, the
claimants said the negligence of Azman airline subjected them to “psychological
and emotional truama, public embarrassment” and loss of legislative hour.
The lawmakers are Agunsoye Rotimi, Benjamin Kalu, Ikengbo
Dele Gboluga, Bala Kokani and Eke Dede.
The other claimants are Rijau Shehu Saleh, Henry Archibong,
Kabo Abdullahi Alhassan and Ahmed Mariya Bashir.
They are seeking an order of court directing the defendant
to pay the sum of N5 billion as general damages.
The claimants also asked the court to order the defendant to
publish a written public apology on three national dailies — The Sun newspaper, ThisDay and The Guardian.
They are asking the court to declare that “there exists a
contract of carriage by air, between the claimants and the defendant given the
flight tickets purchased by the claimants for Azman Air Flight ZQ2332, which
was to convey the claimants from Kano to Abuja, on the 22nd day of September
2021 at 12:30 pm, for which the Defendant is under a strict legal and moral
obligation to perform”.
They are also seeking “a declaration that the defendant
breached the fundamental term of the carriage by air agreement between it and
the Claimant by its failure to convey the Claimants from Kano to Abuja, on
Sept. 22, in accordance with the terms of the carriage by air agreement”.
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