Court Orders Airline To Pay Falae’s Widow N246 Million Compensation

Reprieve came the way of the widow of Deji Falae, son of Chief Olu Falae, who died in the ill-fated Associated Airline crash in Lagos on October 3, 2013, as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday granted all her claims.

In her judgment that lasted for about two hours, 19 minutes the presiding judge, Justice Hadizat Shagari said “From the evidence of the principal witness, Ese Falae, the widow, the fact of the case speak for itself, the first defendant, Associated Airline and the second defendant, Nigeria Civil Aviation Agency cannot exonerate themselves from the circumstances surrounding the crash of the Aircraft that claimed the life of Deji Falae. 

In my view, the Plaintiffs succeeded in their claims against the defendants, judgement is hereby entered in their favour as per their claims.


The widow Ese Lynn Falae and her three children dragged the defendants before the court demanding for compensation in the sum of N245.5 million which they calculated their bread winner would have made in 15 years, less living expenses, cash discount and the statutory limit of One hundred thousand Dollars or in the alternative, the sums of N113,277,750, £160,740 and $19,000.

A thirty-seven paragraphs statement of claim was filed before the Court on her behalf and her three children, Ayomide, a 15 year old SSS 2 student at Day Waterman College Abeokuta; Miss Omowonuola Falae 13, the only daughter, also a JSS3 student in the same college and Oreoluwa , a 7-year old primary three pupil at Corona School, Lagos.
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