About 20 years ago the Immigration services tried to board a middle aged large Nigerian woman onto our flight to Lagos. The woman fought with the three large men, kicking, biting and pulling as they tried to bring her up the steps with her back arching, as she fought, which made it impossible to move her. In the end she fought so hard they had to give up, for fear of her hurting herself, and put her back in their van.
I spoke with one of the officers and he said that they would try again another day with more staff. He told me that it was fear, of what was going to happen to them when they got to their destination, that caused them to fight so hard. Many countries lock deportees up and treat them badly when they arrive back home.
In Nigeria many years ago it was a common sight to see prisoners in leg iron and chained together sitting in the airport terminal baggage area but have not been to Nigeria for many years so not sure if this still happens.
The whole thing is very sad for both the deceased man and all those involved.