Sometime ago, one Mr. Adesina filed a fundamental rights suit against Air France claiming that his fundamental rights to dignity of the human person, personal liberty and fair hearing was breached. He claimed $100 Million in damages.

The gist of the case was that Mr. Adesina was deported by the French Immigration Service. Mr. Adesina's story was that on 17 June 2007, he was forced by the French Immigration officers into an aircraft belonging to Air France and deported to Nigeria against his will. He claimed that the French Immigration Service bought the flight ticket in his name from Air France, obtained a boarding pass in his name and accompanied him to Lagos. He claimed he was paraded in handcuffs and in chains before other passengers in the aircraft by the French Immigration officers, and was beaten up by the officers. He further alleged that he was not served any meal throughout the flight. In other words, while his flight was safe, he felt unsafe in a heat of discomfort. Mr. Adesina also argued that Air France was wrong to have allowed him on board the aircraft without a deportation order.

Air France denied any wrongdoing on the basis that it played no role in Mr. Adesina's deportation as it is a private business organization and not an agent of the French Immigration Service.

Mr. Adesina's case against Air France failed at the trial Court. His appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed and his further appeal to the Supreme Court met the same fate of failure.

Thus, like an ill-fated flight, Mr. Adesina's case crashed in the air and nothing was left of it, except the lessons. See the link below for details.

https://stephenlegal.ng/how-an-airline-which-flew-a-nigerian-deportee-from-abroad-escaped-100m-claims-in-a-fundamental-rights-suit/