The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Dana Airlines Limited to pay a passenger N5.5 million in damages and legal costs over an 11-hour delay of a domestic flight, holding that the airline failed to justify the prolonged disruption.
In a judgement delivered on 25 May, Justice Yellim Bogoro ruled that Dana Air breached its contract of carriage by failing to transport Babajide Idowu as scheduled from Abuja to Lagos on Flight 9J-356 on 5 July 2018.
A certified true copy of the judgement obtained by PREMIUM TIMES on Friday showed that the court awarded Mr Idowu N5 million in general damages and N500,000 as solicitor’s fees.
Mr Idowu filed the suit in November 2019 through his lawyer, Lekan Ikuomola of Ayodeji Babajide and Lekan Partners.
He argued that Dana Air repeatedly postponed the flight and left him stranded at the Abuja airport for about 11 hours without explaining the reason for the delay.
