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FG Withdraws Police One Sided Court Case Against Attacked Ibom Passenger
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#Breaking News #Bob #Emmanson #FAAN #IbomAir #Keyamo #Lagos #Police #Tinubu #Uyo ©August 13th, 2025 ®August 13, 2025 11:50 am Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly instituted against an Ibom Air Passenger, Comfort Emmanson who was seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after a group of Ibom Air personnel and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her to action, the FG position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo in a press release the Minister signed and made available few minutes ago, although Festus Keyamo reversed his self and acknowledged that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 26 years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines who in the new press release admitted that the staff of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport authority team acted wrongly, but, the Minister did not state how the attacked passenger would be compensated most especially when her chest sexual organs were seems to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious intention to expose the passenger’s nakedness, the action of the Federal Government may eased the tension among millions of people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force of aiding and abetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bob who is also identified as Comfort Emmanson by thus supporting the statement of Ibom Air management who in their first press release made statement that seems to have some level of deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win undue public sentiments, manipulate the Nigeria Police Force to help them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate Court to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger, specifically, Ibom Air stated in her first press release that, shortly after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited for every other passenger onboard the plane to disembark, and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the Plane hostesses, Juliana Edward the Ibom Air Management described as Purser, “stepped on her, forcibly tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her, She slapped her several times and when the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too, She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft”, soon after the Ibom Air Management released the statement on Monday,
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#Breaking News #Bob #Emmanson #FAAN #IbomAir #Keyamo #Lagos #Police #Tinubu #Uyo ©August 13th, 2025 ®August 13, 2025 11:50 am Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly instituted against an Ibom Air Passenger, Comfort Emmanson who was seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after a group of Ibom Air personnel and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her to action, the FG position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo in a press release the Minister signed and made available few minutes ago, although Festus Keyamo reversed his self and acknowledged that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 26 years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines who in the new press release admitted that the staff of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport authority team acted wrongly, but, the Minister did not state how the attacked passenger would be compensated most especially when her chest sexual organs were seems to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious intention to expose the passenger’s nakedness, the action of the Federal Government may eased the tension among millions of people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force of aiding and abetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bob who is also identified as Comfort Emmanson by thus supporting the statement of Ibom Air management who in their first press release made statement that seems to have some level of deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win undue public sentiments, manipulate the Nigeria Police Force to help them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate Court to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger, specifically, Ibom Air stated in her first press release that, shortly after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited for every other passenger onboard the plane to disembark, and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the Plane hostesses, Juliana Edward the Ibom Air Management described as Purser, “stepped on her, forcibly tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her, She slapped her several times and when the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too, She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft”, soon after the Ibom Air Management released the statement on Monday,
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00:00Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tanubu has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one-sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly instituted against an IBOM air passenger, Comfort Emanson who was seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after a group of IBOM air personnel and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her to action.
00:28The FG position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kayamo in a press release the minister signed and made available few minutes ago, although Festus Kayamo reversed himself and acknowledged that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 26-years-old passenger and the staff of IBOM Airlines who in the new press release admitted that the staff of IBOM Air and the Lagos Airport Authority team acted wrongly,
00:57but, the minister did not state how the attacked passenger would be compensated most especially when her chest sexual organs were seen to be deliberately exposed after a suspected IBOM airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious intention to expose the passenger's nakedness.
01:15The action of the federal government may ease the tension among millions of people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force of aiding and abetting the IBOM airline company to continue to attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bob who is also identified as Comfort Emanson by thus supporting the statement of IBOM Air Management who in their first press release made statement that seems to have some level of deliberate falsehood
01:45manipulate the Nigeria police force manipulate the Nigeria police force to help them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate Court to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger, specifically, IBOM Air stated in her first press release that,
01:59Shortly after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited for every other passenger on board the plane to disembark, and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the plane hostesses, Juliana Edward the IBOM Air Management described as purser,
02:15stepped on her, forcibly tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her, she slapped her several times and when the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too, she then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft.
02:37Soon after the IBOM Air Management released the statement on Monday, a video surfaced on the internet that probably invalidated the statement of the IBOM Air Management and stood out as an acceptable evidence that the management of IBOM Air are people who may be rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling lies as a way of managing crisis and handling difficult customers' relations,
03:01as seen in the viral video that surfaced the internet after the apparent falsehood of IBOM Air Management, the attacked passenger was seen politely telling the air hostess, Juliana Edward to leave the doorway so that she can disembark from the plane, the senior aggressor in this matter, the air hostess Juliana Edward refused to yield to the appeal of the passenger,
03:22and in the viral video, the attached wig hair on the head of the air hostess was still seen on her head and intact while the passenger was telling her to leave the doorway so that she can pass, obviously, this
03:44is in contrary to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted and stated in black and white by the IBOM Air Management that the air hostess attached wig hair was destroyed by the passenger without provocation,
03:56also, the attached wig hair on the passenger head and the jacket she was putting on was still intact as at the time she was telling the apparent aggressor, the air hostess to leave the door,
04:07and another viral video later showed both the air hostess and the passenger dragging at the point of the plane divider cotton, and at this time as seen in the video, both the passenger and air hostess wig hair were pulled off including the passenger jacket she was putting on to cover her body completely,
04:24the natural hair on their heads could now be seen as they continued to drag each other at the plane doorway,
04:29and IBOM Air Management, in trying to seemingly win undue public sentiments, raised up a dead issue of a minor quarrel the passenger had with the air hostess and co-passenger over the passenger alleged initial refusal to switch off her phone during the plane take-off at Uyo Airport,
04:46the IBOM Air Management in the press release confirmed that the minor quarrel the passenger had with the air hostess and co-passenger over switching off phone at Uyo Airport was already a dead issue
04:58and the action of the passenger never led to threat of aviation safety or violation of aviation safety procedures, hence the passenger was not the plane at Uyo Airport,
05:08but we don't know why the management of IBOM Air decided to advertise and bring up the minor quarrel as a way to seemingly win public sentiments to cover up the true picture of a separate event that occurred between the passenger and the air hostess
05:22when the plane landed at Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria police force in the five-count charges filed against the passenger at the Akeja Magistrate Court in Lagos State,
05:32did not state or even mention the event that occurred at Uyo Airport before the plane took off.
05:38Announcing the withdrawal day early morning, the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kayamo said and in quotes that,
05:461. In the last 48 hours, I have been in consultation with critical stakeholders in the aviation sector and those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviours of certain individuals at our airports of recent.
06:012. Though regrettable, we think valuable lessons have been learned by all sides to these incidents and airport security protocol, especially, have been well highlighted for the travelling public.
06:13If nothing at all, the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public awareness about appropriate conduct within the aviation space.
06:223. As highlighted in my previous statements on the last two incidents, clear wrongs were committed by both the offending passengers and staff of the airlines involved
06:32from all the evidence available to us and those available to the public.
06:354. It is clear that all the actors involved cannot continue to highlight the injury or injustice done to them without acknowledging their own equal culpability.
06:455. Therefore, after reviewing the entire incidents, including appeals made by well-meaning individuals and remorse shown by the actors, the following decisions have been reached.
06:566. A. In the case of the unruly passenger, Comfort Emanson, on the Ibom Airline on Sunday, 10 August, 2025, I have conferred with Ibom Airline to withdraw the complaint against her today.
07:117. When the police took her statement in presence of her lawyer, she exhibited great remorse for her conduct.
07:177. B. Subsequent to the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant, the CP of airport command and the police prosecutor will immediately take the remaining statements.
07:268. In the case of QAM-1, the NCAA is to reduce his flight ban to a one-month period.
07:569. Will also work with the music star with a view to engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport security protocol going forward.
08:039. E. Having publicly demonstrated penitence, the NCAA is also to withdraw its criminal complaints against QAM-1 earlier lodged with the police.
08:1310. F. In the case of Captain Oleranti-Agoi, and the co-pilot, First Officer Ivan Oliver of ValueJet, the NCAA is to restore their licenses after the same period of one-month period.
08:2411. After undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal, the details will be announced by the NCAA.
08:336. I have directed all relevant aviation agencies in collaboration with other complementary agencies outside aviation to immediately begin a retreat next week to properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel on how to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and how to descalate potentially explosive situations.
08:527. The retreat will be fully covered by the press with the opportunity to ask all the relevant questions.
09:017. The airlines will also have their own session when the conduct and attitude of their staff towards members of the traveling public will be in full focus.
09:108. These above decisions were taken by government and the airline operators purely on compassionate grounds as government will never pander to base sentiments, politically motivated views or warped legal opinions when clear encroachment of our laws are involved.
09:269. We are also sending a clear message that we take safety and security in the aviation sector very seriously and we have decided to draw a line after these clemencies.
09:389. Nigeria police force in the five count charges filed against the female passenger of Ibom Air, stated that, count 1, that you comfort Bob on the 10 day of August, 2025, at about 14.30 hours, while on board Ibom Aircraft number, SNB XP parked at Matala Muhammad Airport Terminal 2, MMA 2, Akeja, in the El Keja Magisterial District, did behave in an unruly and disorderly manner by shouting on top of the street.
10:079. Your voice, abusing and assaulting the flight crew and refusing to disembark from the aircraft after landing and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 4, 1, a, unpunishable under section 4, 2, of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, F.A.A.N., by law 2005, count 2, that you comfort Bob, on the same date, time and place, in the,
10:379. Aforementioned Magisterial District, did assault one Juliana Edward by slapping and hitting her cheeks with your right hand and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 170, 1, a, b, and punishable under section 172 of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015, count 3, that you comfort Bob,
11:01on the same date, time and place, on the same date, time and place, on the same date, time and place, in the,
11:319. In the aforementioned Magisterial District, did willfully damage the aircraft divider cotton value 2,500 U.S. dollars, 2,500 dollars, belonging to
11:43IBOM airline and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under section 350 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015, count 5, that you comfort Bob, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did willfully damage one braided wig by dragging and tearing the wig valued 110,000 Naira, 110,000 Nairas,
12:11belonging to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under section 350 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015,
12:23The IBOM Air Management in a press release issued on Monday entitled, Incident Involving an Unruly Passenger on August 10, 2025, said and in quotes that,
12:36IBOM Air confirms that on Sunday August 10, 2025, an incident occurred on board our Ullo Lagos flight involving a passenger, Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the safety of our crew, passengers, and aircraft.
12:52Shortly before takeoff from Ullo, Emanson was instructed in line with standard aviation safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone.
13:02She bluntly refused to comply until the pilot in command made an announcement, after which a fellow passenger seated beside her took the phone and switched it off.
13:12This action prompted a verbal tirade from Emanson, the situation was eventually calmed, and the flight departed as scheduled.
13:20Upon arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited for all other passengers to disembark and then proceeded to confront the purser who had earlier instructed her.
13:29She walked up to the unsuspecting purser, stepped on her, forcibly tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her.
13:41She slapped her several times and when the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too.
13:47She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft.
13:56By this time, the pilot in command had alerted airport security.
14:00Before security could arrive, the purser as seen on the viral video on the internet, prevented the passenger from leaving the aircraft until security arrived.
14:11The arrival of IBOM air security personnel, did not deter the passenger as she attacked him as well, lashing out violently at the security personnel.
14:20She was then restrained and removed from the aircraft by force.
14:24Even after disembarking, she continued to assault IBOM air security personnel, and even slapped the ground supervisor.
14:32The passenger was removed from the ramp and taken into custody by FAAN security and handed over to the Nigeria police force for further investigation.
14:42IBOM air has since submitted a report on the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,
14:48and placed a travel restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be permitted to fly on any of our aircraft.
14:55IBOM air reiterates its zero-tolerance policy towards any form of unruly or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew, or equipment.
15:05Such behavior will be met with the strongest possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from our services.
15:13We commend the bravery and professionalism of our crew in handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances,
15:21as well as the swift support from airport security and the Nigeria police.
15:26Safety remains our highest priority.
15:29We urge all passengers to comply with crew instructions at all times for the safety, security, and comfort of everyone on board.
15:37We have reported that the Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Kayamo says the ministry has directed for the aviation staff
15:45who released the video footage containing the aspect of an IBOM Airlines passenger.
15:50Comfort Emanson or Bob seen in an indecent appearance with her chest sexual organs exposed after the passenger shirt was torn by an IBOM Airlines staff
15:59while security operatives were seen in the viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the aircraft following an act of confrontation between the passenger and IBOM Airlines hostesses
16:10which one of the hostesses blocked the right-of-way of the passenger and prevented the passenger from disembarking from the plane,
16:18and after countless warning to the airline passenger to leave the road,
16:22the passenger went physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face
16:26which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton
16:31which IBOM Airlines valued at $2,500 as stated in count 5 of the five count charges the police filed against the passenger
16:40at a Kedja Magistrate Court in Lagos State.
16:44We have reported that a careful study of the viral video involving the IBOM Airline personnel,
16:49Lagos Airport security operatives and an aggrieved passenger,
16:53Comfort Emanson on board the airline plane on Sunday indicated that while the enraged passenger was being dragged off the plane by three men,
17:02who held her two hands and legs, suspending her a little bit on the air,
17:07a lady putting on IBOM Air corporate clothes who was behind the camera lens could be seen in the video
17:12to have approached the passenger at the door point of the plane while the passenger was about to be taken out,
17:19apparently dipped her hand towards the waist part of the passenger,
17:22untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers, grabbed and pulled the passenger's shirt towards her head,
17:28and in the process, the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest,
17:32sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed,
17:36the action of the IBOM Airline staff appeared to be deliberate,
17:39as the airline female staff was not part of those dragging the passenger off the aircraft
17:44and after the female passenger's body was exposed,
17:48the IBOM Airline's female staff never joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger off the plane,
17:54this indicated that, the motive of the female staff of IBOM Airline was solely to remove the passenger shirt
18:01and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule.
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