LAGOS, Nigeria — Public interest lawyer Ayodele Ademiluyi has filed a N500 billion lawsuit against the Federal Government, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and multiple other parties over what he calls a “blatant breach of the rule of law” in the handling of two high-profile aviation incidents involving Fuji musician King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1) and passenger Ms. Comfort Emmanson.
The suit, numbered FHC/L/CS/1632/25, was lodged at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Respondents include the President 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 Nigeria Police Force, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the state’s Attorney-General, and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON).
Addressing a press conference, Ademiluyi — who is convener of the Movement for Justice and secretary of the Radical Gender Movement — said the action was aimed at enforcing accountability and protecting the public interest.
According to him, the matter “transcends the personalities involved” and highlights what he described as systemic rot 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.
Ademiluyi argued that the contrasting treatment of the two incidents — one involving an alleged in-flight safety breach by KWAM 1 and another involving Ms. Emmanson’s reported assault on a flight attendant — underscored a failure to uphold consistent legal and regulatory standards.
