British Airways In Trouble As NBA Chairman Sues For Breach Of Contract

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>British Airways is currently in trouble over breach of contract<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has learnt that the chairman of Nigerian Bar Association&comma; Epe branch&comma; Barrister Ademola Abiodun Koko&comma; alongside his wife Dr&lpar;Mrs&rpar; Tolulope Olubowale Koko and two children Mr Adeleke Joshua Koko&comma;Miss Temiloluwa Elizabeth Koko have slammed €15&comma;000 suit on <strong>British<&sol;strong> Airways over an alleged breach of contract&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement of claim filed before a Federal high court sitting in Lagos south West Nigeria&comma; by Barrister Abiodun Koko&comma; for himself and other plaintiffs&comma; he averred that they are family of four travelling to United States to celebrate the 50th birthday of his wife sometimes in May&comma;2019<br &sol;>&NewLine;The plaintiffs aver that in pursuance of their intention to travel&comma; secured personal tickets for each of the plaintiffs from the company of the defendant which was to depart on 21st of May&comma;2019 and return on the 5th of June&comma;2019 respectively&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Plaintiffs flight itinerary was scheduled to start from Lagos to London and finally to arrive at Washington in the United States&comma; while return flight was scheduled to move from Washington to London and finally arrive in Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However the Plaintiffs on commencing on the return flight departed Washington Dulles Airport&comma; United States with British airways aircraft BA216 on the 4th of June&comma;2019 at 6&colon;30 P M and got to London Heathrow airport in the morning of 5th of June&comma;2019&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The flight itinerary took a dip for the worse at this point and the Plaintiffs were further delayed for three hours as the Plaintiffs&&num;8217&semi; which was originally meant to move to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Lagos from London<&sol;a> by 11&colon;20 am was further delayed till 2&colon;40 p m&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a result of the above stated facts&comma; the plaintiffs suffered untold hardship&comma; which fostered the psychological breakdown of the Plaintiffs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Plaintiffs aver further that the delay was as a result of the total negligence by the defendant&comma; and in admission of their negligence the defendants distributed an insulting palliative of five pounds refreshment voucher to appease the Plaintiffs&comma; but they never used the voucher as they consider it to be insultive&comma; besides the defendant never apologised and was unconcerned about the plight of the passengers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Plaintiffs wrote letter to the defendant both in Nigeria and United Kingdom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defendant in response to the letter admitted to compensation in the sum of €1&comma;200&comma;but deliberately refused to pay same&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Consequently&comma; the Plaintiffs claim against the defendant are as follows&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Compensation in the sum of £2&comma;120<br &sol;>&NewLine;Compensation in the sum of €1&comma;200 admitted&comma; The sum of £1&comma;750 as special damages&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;General damages in the sum of £10&comma;000 against the defendant for its negligence acts and breach of contract<br &sol;>&NewLine;The sum of N500&comma;000 against the defendant as cost of this legal action&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; in a statement of defence filed before the court by a Lagos Lawyer Tayo Laleye&comma; the British Airways stated that it investigated the claim of the plaintiffs and though found the delay to it&&num;8217&semi;s flight service was caused by unforeseen flight safety shortcomings&comma; the defendant&comma; nevertheless&comma; and on goodwill basis did offer the Plaintiffs compensation in the sum of €1&comma;200&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Euros<&sol;a>&comma; the compensation is not an admission of guilty&comma; but purely on goodwill basis&comma; while specific instruction were issued to plaintiffs on how to claim the compensation&comma; but no time frames were specified for such payment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Whereof the defendant denies all the reliefs sought by the Plaintiffs and urge the court to dismiss the suit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; the presiding Judge&comma;Oluremi Oguntoyinbo has adjourned the suit till 24th of April&comma;2021 for hearing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> has further learnt the the court case has caused panic in the management circle of British Airways both in Nigeria and United Kingdom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;