FG Withdraws Police One Sided Court Case Against Attacked Ibom Passenger

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, 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 maybe rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling lies as a way of managing crisis and handling difficult customers relations, as 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 seemly aggressor in this matter, the Air Hostess Juliana Edward refused to yield to the appeal of the passenger, and Ibom Air Management in their first press release confirmed that the Air Hostess, Juliana Edward deliberately blocked the doorway to prevent the passenger from disembarking the aircraft, and 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 is 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, also, the attached wig hair on the passenger head and the jacket she was putting on were still intact as at the time she was telling the apparent aggressor, the air hostess to leave the door, and another viral video later showed both the air hostess and the passenger dragging at the point of the plane divider cotten, 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, the natural hair on their heads could now be seen as they continued to drag each other at the plane doorway, and Ibom Air management in trying to seemly win undue public senti

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola
Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge
of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one sided and obviously
bias court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly
instituted against a Nibom air passenger, comfort Emanson, who was
seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after

(00:22):
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 Kamo, in a press release the
Minister signed and made available few minutes ago. Although Festus
Kamo reversed his self and acknowledged that the issue was

(00:44):
a case of confrontation between the twenty six 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 attack the act passenger
would be compensated, most especially when her chest sexual organs

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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 ease the tension among millions of
people who have accused the Nigeria Police force of aiding
and a vetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to

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attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is
also identified as Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement
of Ibom Air management, who in their first press released
maine 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 forced to help them

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secured attention holding charge from the Legos State Magistrate caught
to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically, Ibom
Air stated in her first press released that shortly 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.

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The Ibam 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

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as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and
grounded the aircraft. Soon after the Ibom Air management released
the statement on Monday, her 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 error people who may be rightly described as

(02:54):
pathological liars who probably believed in telling lies as a
way of managing crisis and handling difficult customers' relations. Has
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.

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The seenely aggressor in this matter, the air hostess Juliana
Edward refused to yield to the appeal of the passenger,
and IBOM Air management in their first press release confirmed
that the air hostess Juliana Edward, deliberately blocked the doorway
to prevent the passenger from disembarking the aircraft, and in
the viral video, the attached Wighair on the head of

(03:36):
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 is in
contrary to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted and stated in
black and white by the Ibom Air management that the
air hostess attached wighair was destroyed by the passenger without provocation. Also,

(03:57):
the attached wighair on the passenger head and the JA
jacket she was putting on were still intact as at
the time she was telling the apparent aggressor the air
hostess to leave the door, and 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

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hostess wighair were pulled off including the passenger jacket she
was putting on to cover her body completely. The natural
hair on their heads could now be seen as they
continued to drag each other at the plane doorway, and
IBOM Air management, in trying to seemly win undue public sentiments,
raised up a dead issue of a minor quarrel the
passenger had with the air hostess and co passenger over

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the passenger alleged the initial refusal to switch off her
phone during the plane take off at Uyo Airport. The
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 and the action of the passenger
never left the threat of aviation safety or violation of

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aviation safety procedures. Hence, the passenger was not the plane
at Uyo Airport. But we don't know why the management
of IBOM Air decided to advertise and bring up the
minor quarrel as a way to seemly win public sentiments
to cover up the true picture of a separate event
that occurred between the passenger and the air hostess when
the plane landed at Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria Police

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Force in the five count charges filed against the passenger
at the Akeja Magistrate Court in Lagos State, did not
state or even mention the event that occurred at Uyo
Airport before the plane took off. Announcing the withdrawal day
early morning, the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kamo said
and in quotes that one in the last forty eight hours,

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I have been in consultation with critical stakeholders in the
aviation sector and those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding
the unruly behaviors of certain individuals at ayrs of recent two.
Though regrettable, we think valuable lessons have been learned by
all sides to these incidents, and airport security protocol especially

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have been well highlighted for the traveling public. If nothing
at all, the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public
awareness about appropriate conduct within the aviation space. Three. 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. From all the evidence available

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to us in those available to the public. 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. Five. 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. A.

(06:57):
In the case of the unruly passenger Comfort Emanson on
the Ibom air Line on Sunday, the tenth of August
twenty twenty five, I have conferred with Ibom Airline to
withdraw the complaint against her to day when the police
took her statement in presence of her lawyer, she exhibited
great remorse for her conduct. B. Subsequent to the withdrawal

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of the complaint by the complainant, the CP of Airport
Command and the Police Prosecutor will immediately take the remaining
steps to facilitate her release from Kirikiri Prisons within this week. C.
I have also conferred with the leadership of the Airline
Operators of Nigeria AON and have appealed to them to
lift the lifetime flying ban imposed on her, to which

(07:42):
they agreed. The details of the resolution will be made
public by the aon subsequently B. In the case of
quam Ie, the NC Double A is to reduce his
flag ban to a one month period. FAA N will
also work with the music star with a view to
engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport security protocol

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going forward. E having publicly demonstrated penitence, the NC Double
A is also to withdraw its criminal complaints against quam
One earlier lodged with the police. F In the case
of Captain Olerantiagoye and the co pilot First Officer Ivan
Oliver of Valujet, the NC Double A is to restore

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their licenses after the same period of one month ban,
after undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal. The details will be
announced by the NC Double A. Six. I have directed
all relevant aviation agencies, in collaboration with other complementary agencies
outside aviation, to immediately begin a retreat next week to

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properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel on how
to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and how to
escalate potentially explosive situations. The retreat will be fully covered
by the press with the opportunity to ask all the
relevant questions. Seven. The airlines will also have their own
session when the conduct and attitude of their staff towards

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members of the traveling public will be in full focus. Eight.
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. Nine. We

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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. Nigeria
Police Force, in the five count charges filed against the
female passenger of Ibom Air stated that Count one that
you comfort Bob on the ten day of August twenty

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twenty five, at about fourteen thirty hours, while on board
IMAM aircraft number SNBXP parked oft Matala Mohammad Airport Terminal
imm to a Keja in the Alkejer Magisterial District, did
behave in an unruly and disorderly manner by shouting on
top of your voice, abusing and assaulting the flight crew

(10:12):
and refusing to disembark from the aircraft after landing, and
thereby committed an offense contrary two section four one, unpunishable
under Section four two of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
FAAM by Law two thousand and five, Count two, that

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you can fort Bob on the same date, time and
place in the 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 one hundred
and seventy one a b unpunishable under section one hundred

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and seventy two of the Criminal Law of Legos, State
of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Countree B. That you comfort Bob
on the same date and place at about fourteen fifty
hours in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Jopam
Sagon by hitting her face with your slippers, and thereby
committed an oaflin's contrary to section one hundred and seventy

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one a b unpunishable under section one hundred and seventy
two of the Criminal Law of Lagos, State of Nigeria,
twenty fifteen, Count four, that you comfort Bob on the
same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district,
did wilfully damage the aircraft divider cotton value two thousand,

(11:38):
five hundred US dollars two thousand, five hundred dollars belonging
to Hibom Airline, and thereby committed an offense contrary to
unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of the Criminal
Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen. Count five,
that you comfort Bob on the same date, time, a

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place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did wilfully damaged one
braided whig by dragging and tearing the whig valued one
hundred ten thousand naira one hundred ten thousand niras belonging
to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense contrary to
unpunishable under section three hundred fifty of the Criminal Laws

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of Lagos State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen. The Ibamair management,
in a press release issued on Monday entitled Incident involving
an Unruly Passenger on August tenth, twenty twenty five, said
and in quotes that Ibom Air confirms that on Sunday
August tenth, twenty twenty five, an incident occurred on board

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hour Uyo Lagos flight involving a passenger, Comfort Emanson, whose
conduct posed a serious threat to the safety of our crew, passengers,
and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff from Uyo, Emanson was instructed,
in line with standard aviation safety procedures, to switch off
her mobile phone. She bluntly refused to comply until the

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pilot in command made an announcement, after which a fellow
passenger seated beside her took the phone and switched it off.
This action prompted a verbal tirade from Emanson. The situation
was eventually calmed and the flight departed as scheduled. Upon
arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited for all other passengers to disembark,

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and then proceeded to confront the purser who had earlier
instructed her. She 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. She slapped her several times, and when
the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped

(13:46):
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. By this time, the
pilot in command had alerted airport Secure Before security could arrive,
the purser, has seen on the viral video on the Internet,
prevented the passenger from leaving the aircraft until security arrived.

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The arrival of Hibamair security personnel did not deter the passenger,
as she attacked him as well, lashing out violently at
the security personnel. She was then restrained and removed from
the aircraft by force. Even after disembarking, she continued to
assault Hibama Air security personnel and even slapped the ground supervisor.

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The passenger was removed from the ramp and taken into
custody by FAAM Security and handed over to the Nigeria
Police Force for further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted
a report on the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority and placed a travel restriction on Emanson, who will
no longer be permitted to fly on any of our aircraft.

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IMAM Air reiterates its zero tolerance policy towards any form
of unrulyafing, or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers,
crew or equipment. Such behavior will be met with the
strongest possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from
our services. We commend the bravery and professionalism of our

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crew in handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances, as
well as the swift support from airport security and the
Nigeria Police. Safety remains our highest priority. We urge all
passengers to comply with crew instructions at all times for
the safety, security and comfort of everyone on board. We

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have reported that the Nigeria Aviation Minister Festus Caamo says
the Ministry has directed for the aviation staff who released
the video footage containing the aspect of an Ibom Airline's
passenger Comfort Emanson or Bob Scene in an indecent appearance
with her chest sexual organs exposed after the passenger shirt
was torn by an Ibom Airlines staff while security operatives

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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, which one of the
hostesses blocked the right of way of the passenger and
prevented the passenger from disembarking from the plane, and after
countless warning to the airline passenger to leave the road,

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the passenger went physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping
her on the face, which the confrontation with the hostess
apparently led to the alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton,
which Ibom Airlines valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars
as stated in count five of the five count charges
the police filed against the passenger at a Kejer magistrate

(16:42):
caught in Lagos State. We had reported that a careful
study of the viral video involving the Ibom Airline personnel,
Lagos Airport security operatives and an aggrieved passenger Comfort Emanson
on board the airline plane on Sunday, indicated that while
the enraged passenger was being dragged off the plane by
three men who held her two hands and legs, suspending

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her a little bit on the air, a lady putting
on Ibom air corporate clothes, who was behind the camera lens,
could be seen in the video to have approached the
passenger at the door point of the plane while the
passenger was about to be taking out, apparently dipped her
hand towards the waist part of the passenger, untucked the
passenger shirt from the trouses. Grabden pulled the passenger's shirt

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towards her head, and in the process, the passenger shirt
got tore and the passenger's chest, sexual organs, or private
parts were completely exposed. The action of the Ibom Airline
staff appeared to be deliberate, as the airline female staff
was not part of those dragging the passenger off the aircraft,
and after the female passenger's body was exposed, the Ibom

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Airline's female staff never joined or assisted the security operatives
to drag the passenger off the plane. This indicated that
the motive of the female staff of Ibom Airline was
solely to remove the passenger shirt and expose the aggrieved
airline passenger to ridicule. What's that's one on, Reddy? Bring

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