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A passenger with disability, Dr Chike Okogwu, has sued Dana Air for alleged unlawful infringement of his fundamental human rights on December 20, 2020.
In a letter by the passenger’s solicitor, Wahab Egbewole & Co. dated January 11th, 2021, he sought N1bn damages for alleged unprofessional conduct of the airline that allegedly worsened Okogwu’s underlying health conditions.
The letter addressed to the airline’s managing director titled ‘Discriminatory and unprofessional conduct of Dana airlines against Dr Chike Churchill Okogwu’ outlined how the passenger’s flight was rescheduled on the morning of his flight to 9:15pm.
It read in part, “We are reliably informed by our client that on December 17, 2020, he booked two business class tickets for his carer and himself for a flight from Abuja to Lagos scheduled for Sunday, December 20, 2020. However, in the morning of the scheduled flight, he received an email from Dana Air no
A passenger with disability, Dr Chike Okogwu, has petitioned the management of Dana Air seeking N10 billion for alleged unlawful infringement of his fundamental human rights on December 20, 2020.
This was disclosed in a letter by the passenger’s solicitor, Wahab Egbewole & Co. dated January 11th, 2021, addressed to the airline’s managing director titled ‘Discriminatory and unprofessional conduct of Dana airlines against Dr Chike Churchill Okogwu’.
The letter revealed that Mr Okogwu’s morning flight was rescheduled on the morning of his flight to 9:15pm on the same day and a staff later told him after he had been issued a boarding pass that the company’s policy do not permit carrying a passenger in a wheelchair at night.