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No Peace In Sight After Putin, Trump Nearly 3hrs Meeting In Alaska
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#Issues #Nawrocki #Poland #Putin #Russia #Trump #Ukraine #US #Zelenskyy ©August 16th, 2025 ®August 16, 2025 5:48 pm There is still no peace in sight after nearly three hours of meeting held in Anchorage city in Alaska, a state in the United States, US, between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States, over the war Russia launched since 2022 in Ukraine which has led to thousands of deaths mostly Ukrainians, which, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine who was not invited for the meeting on Friday in a statement said that it was time to end the war but Russia must take the necessary steps to a genuine peace deal, and while commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki on Friday via X social media platform to mark Poland Armed Forces Day which coincided with the day Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenskyy said that; “Ukraine’s independence strengthens Poland’s independence, And we must always remember that the Miracle on the Vistula was made possible through joint efforts, and it saved Europe”, and the Polish President, Karol Nawrocki had said that: “Today we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the great Polish victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, The Polish Army, together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army’s westward march, safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution, For centuries, Russian imperialism has been a mortal threat to our freedom, Poland’s political tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the ruler himself, But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of free peoples, My nation halted Russian imperialism at Orsha (1514), Klushino (1610) and Warsaw (1920)”.
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Peter Obi Faults President Tinubu Trip To Brazil, Frequent Foreign Travel
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#Politics #Brazil #Lulu #Obi #Tinubu ©August 15th, 2025 ®August 15, 2025 1:47 pm Co-contestants in the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the President frequent travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned  pressing issues of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the Nation bleeds, specifically, Peter Obi said; “the situation we find ourselves in is deeply worrisome, Our President, who has not found it worthy to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in travelling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse, Often departing several days even before the events he’s invited to”
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

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
There is still no peace in sight. After nearly three
hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a
state in the United States US between President Vladimir Putin
of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States
over the war Russia launched since twenty twenty two in Ukraine,
which has led to thousands of deaths, mostly Ukrainians, which

(00:22):
President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, who was not invited for
the meeting on Friday, in a statement, said that it
was time to end the war, but Russia must take
the necessary steps to a genuine peace steal And. While
commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland
Karl Navroky on Friday via x social media platform to
mark Poland Armed Forces Day, which coincided with the day

(00:45):
Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenski said that
Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence and we must always remember
that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through
joint efforts and it saved Europe and The Polish President
Karl Navoki had said that today we celebrate the one
hundred fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory at the

(01:08):
Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, together
with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army's westward march,
safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of

(01:29):
domestic despotism, in which the only freeman is the ruler himself.
But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom,
Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of
free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Usha fifteen fourteen,
Klashido one thousand, six hundred ten and Warsaw nineteen twenty.

(01:52):
It was probably a sinnature of world attention when Air
Force one and Russia presidential aircraft officially wheeled down a
joint and bas Seldendorf as President Donald Trump and President
Vladimir Putin met face to face for the first time
since the war in Ukraine started on February twenty fourth,
twenty twenty two, and the Friday meeting marked the first

(02:13):
time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on western
country soil since he launched the war against Ukraine. He
was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US
is not a member country of the International Criminal Court
Ices that issued a warrant of arrest against the Kremlin
leader since twenty twenty three over alleged war crime in Ukraine.

(02:35):
It would be recalled that the Russian President Vladimir Putin
did not attend the twenty twenty five annual Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa Summit known as Bricks Summit in
Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant
for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed
in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid Yuri Yashikov, President

(02:59):
Vladimir Putin did not attend the summit due to certain
difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement, adding in
that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear
position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting. Instead,
the Russian leader joined his Bricks colleagues via video link.

(03:19):
Futen was declared a war crimes suspect since the ICC
named him in a March twenty twenty three arrest warrant
over the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused
of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children,
with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob

(03:39):
them of the Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity.
The alleged mass abductions, according to observers, may qualify as
genocide according to the nineteen forty eight United Nations Genocide Convention,
which identifies forcibly transferring children of the group to another
group as one of five internationally recognized acts of genocide.

(04:02):
As a signatory too the Roman Statute that established the
icc Brazil would have been obliged to arrest Putin if
he entered the country. Addressing the ICCA warrant in twenty
twenty three, Brazilian President Lewis In or cho Lula dar
Silva initially dismissed talk of detaining the Russian president, before
backtracking and distancing himself from the issue. If Kutin decides

(04:26):
to go to Brazil, it's the justice system that will
take the decision over whether he should be arrested, not
the government or Congress. Lula stated. Kutin faced similar uncertainty
two years ago ahead of the annual gathering of Bricks Leaders,
which was then being hosted by South Africa. The South
African authorities reportedly came under considerable pressure from their Russian

(04:48):
colleagues to provide assurances that the Kremlin dictator could travel
to the August twenty twenty three event without fear of arrest.
Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president
would be a declaration of war. South African President Cyril
Ramaphosis stated then in the build up to the summit,
the African country was ultimately unable to offer any guarantees,

(05:11):
forcing Putin to abandon his plans to attend the summit
in South Africa. Fox News reported that the Russian President
Vladimir Putin makes a rare public appearance of the monument
honoring US cooperation during World War II just hours before
his summit with President Trump on Friday, and after the
summit in Alaska, local media showed a video of President

(05:34):
Putin kneeling at every Soviet pilot grave in Alaska as
both leaders met on the tarmac of the US military
base airport. A flyover of American military planes passed overhead,
including fighter jets and what appeared to be a B
two stealth bomber. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir
Putin emerged from a nearly three hour meeting on the

(05:56):
Ukraine War and gave public statements, but left without announcing
any agreement or cease fire, and they refused to take
questions from the press. US fighter jets were seen escorting
Vladimir Putin's plane out of Alaska after the summit with Trump.
The Kremlin posted a video on Telegram appearing to show
at least two USF twenty two fighter jets escorting the

(06:18):
Russian president's plane out of Alaska following talks with Donald Trump.
There's no deal until there's a deal, Trump said. The
White House had said there would be a news conference
after the closed door meeting, but both men walked off
stage without taking any questions. Trump hosted the summit at
a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to

(06:39):
brok her a peace deal and stop a three year
war with Ukraine and its ever rising body count. It
was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks.
We didn't get there, but we have a very good
chance of getting there, Trump said. President Donald Trump added
va a post that a great and very successful day

(07:00):
in Alaska. It was determined by all that the best
way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine
is to go directly to a peace agreement. President Zelenski
will be coming to d C the Oval Office on Monday.
While President Putin and Trump were on the way to
meet in Alaska, Voladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, in a number

(07:20):
of press statements made available via his verified ex social
media account, said he held a staff meeting to discuss
three key issues the front, particularly the Pokrosk sector. We
are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a
foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier.

(07:40):
We are succeeding. Units of the seventy ninth and eighty
second Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the
Domropilia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce
this and other areas in the Danyesk region. Special attention
was paid to positions in the Zaporigia region. I thank
all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian Army continues

(08:04):
to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more
favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting
in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our
partners about the real situation. We also discuss today the
development of the contract system in the defense forces and
the funding of Ukraine's defense and security forces for twenty

(08:26):
twenty five twenty twenty six. Under any circumstances, our army
will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats
to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a
contract army. Today, I also expect a report from our
intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and
its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed high stakes.

(08:51):
The key thing is that this meeting should open up
a real path toward a just peace and the substantive
discussion between leaders in a trilateral format US Ukraine, the
United States and the Russian side. It is time to
end the war and the necessary steps must be taken
by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready

(09:11):
as always to work as productively as possible. I held
a meeting with the government team, the Office and the
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss
our diplomatic work the highest priority areas. In particular, we
address the funding of Ukraine's defense forces, auditing the effectiveness

(09:32):
of coalitions with partners, special formats, the substance of our
bilateral relations in key global areas, and our work at
the EU level. I instructed that the foreign policy plan
be updated for the period through the end of the
year on Monday. I expect the updated plan to be
presented with a neighbour like Russia. Only the co operation

(09:54):
of free nations can effectively protect each of them. We
value Poland's support for Ukraine. Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence,
and we must always remember that the Miracle on the
Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe.
In the same way, Ukrainians have been defending our state

(10:15):
in the full scale war for four years by repelling
the Russian army in Ukraine, Nakiv, in the Sumi, Kharkiv
and Darniesk regions, as well as in the Black Sea.
Ukrainians are truly ensuring the opportunity for all Europeans to
live freely, free of Moscow's madness. I thank Poland for
walking along this path shoulder to shoulder with us. Congratulations

(10:39):
on Polish Armed Forces Day, and best wishes for our
and your independence to always remain strong. President Karol Navroki
of Poland had said that today we celebrate the one
hundred and fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory. At
the Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army,
together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Armies westward March,

(11:03):
safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of
domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the
ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy

(11:24):
of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an
alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at
Warsha fifteen fourteen, Klashino one thousand, six hundred ten and
Warsaw nineteen twenty. The Polish people know that resisting Russian
imperialism is not merely an economic matter. It concerns the

(11:46):
very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless.
It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended.
This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the fifteenth century.
Light all who cherish freedom and peace to join my
fellow polls on August fifteenth in celebrating the halting of
despotism and the defense of liberty. WI co contestants in

(12:29):
the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor
of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Ahmed
Tenubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent
travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned pressing issues
of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically,

(12:50):
Peter Obi said, the situation we find ourselves in is
deeply worrisome. Our president, who has not found it worthy
to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse,
often departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
The Presidency had in a statement on Wednesday, said that

(13:12):
President Bola Tanubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August fourteenth
for a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The
President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before
proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tanubu will attend the
ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in

(13:35):
the city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two
with the theme co Create Innovative Solutions with Africa. TICAD
nine will focus on Africa's economic transformation and improvements in
the business environment and institutions through private investment and innovation.
It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society

(13:57):
for human security, peace and STAB. In addition to attending
cleanery sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian
President will hold by lateral meetings and meet the chief
executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria.
Initiated in nineteen ninety three by the Japanese government and

(14:18):
co hosted by the United Nations UNDP, the African Union Commission,
and the World Bank. TICAD is a triennial conference held
alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took place
in August twenty twenty two in Tunisia. The forum fosters
high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.

(14:41):
At the end of the TICAD nine, President Tanubu will
leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil,
on a two day state visit from Sunday, August twenty
fourth to Monday August twenty fifth. This follows an invitation
by the Brazilian President Luis Aetio lu La da Silva.

(15:01):
While in Brazil, President Danubu will hold a bilateral meeting
with his host and attender business forum with Brazilian investors.
His delegation, comprising key ministers and senior officials, will explore
opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memoranda of
understanding maus with the Brazilian government. Bao on Anuga, special

(15:24):
Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, stated on
August thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Peter Hoby, the Labor Party
presidential candidate in the last concluded general elections in the
West Africa country, in a statement on Thursday, said again,
our president moves as the nation bleeds amid the deplorable

(15:44):
state of our nation in all ramifications. We have a
virtually indifferent president who has continued to display insensitivity to
our situation. How can anyone explain that a president who
came from Brazil recently and met with the President is
returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of
challenges at home unresolved. The latest itinery of the president

(16:06):
shows he will depart Abouja on Thursday, August fourteenth for
a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The President
will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding
to Japan. In Japan, President Danubu will attend the ninth
Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in the

(16:28):
city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two. The
itinery is silent on the president's return date to his
visibly troubled nation. The situation we find ourselves in is
deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy
to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitationer excuse, often

(16:52):
departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
In his last trip, for instance, he had a one
week six state visit to Saint Lucio before attending the
Brick's Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer,
though the role was dressed up as partner to the invitation,
which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries

(17:14):
who attended only arrived a day or two at most
for the event. Nigeria's insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human
suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among
the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the
hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the

(17:35):
full attention of mister President, and his travels should be
more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on
the ground and taking decisive action to alleviate the people's suffering,
rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no
tangible value to our nation's woes, and where the trip
is necessary at all, it could be attended in just

(17:57):
a few days, rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences
from a country that requires twenty four seven attention. What
our nation needs now is security of lives and properties,
economic stability, and ensuring that our people have food on
their table. Our presidents plan trip of twelve days departing
to day if necessary, should have been at most of

(18:20):
five day trip as the event he was invited to
in Japan commences on the twentieth. Nigeria to Day demands
competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with
the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required.
Mister President must, as a matter of urgency, commence towards
of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for

(18:42):
jetting out of the country every month. These visits will
enable him to see, listen, and learn more about what
Nigerians are going through. Though Nigerians know that our huge
problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see one
hundred percent effort and tireless commitment to solving them. Most importantly,
our President must know that he's not a tourist but

(19:04):
the chief executive of a troubled nation, so he must
have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict traveling schedule
to show that he has a troubled country to quickly
return to Gingi Ingim. Federal Government of Nigeria under the
leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner

(19:28):
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 a Nibom air passenger,
Comfort Emanson, who was seen in viral videos retaliating and
defending herself physically after a group of Ibam air personnel
and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her

(19:50):
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 Kmo reversed his self and acknowledged
that the issue was a case of confrontation between the
twenty six years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines,

(20:12):
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 seemed to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom
Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with

(20:34):
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 our aiding
and a vetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to
attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is
also identified as Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement

(20:56):
of Ibom Air management, who in their first press relief
diast 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 forced to help
them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate
caught to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically,

(21:19):
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. The IBOM Air management described as purser, stepped
on her forcibly, tore off her wig, removed her glasses

(21:42):
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, her video surfaced

(22:05):
on the Internet that probably invalidated the statement of the
IBOM Air management and stood out as an acceptable evidence
that the management of IBOMB eer 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, has seen in the viral video that surfaced

(22:26):
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, and IBOM Air Management in their

(22:46):
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 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

(23:10):
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

(23:32):
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. 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,

(23:53):
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 the passenger
alleged 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

(24:16):
switching off phone at Uyo Airport was already a dead
issue and 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, 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

(24:39):
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 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

(24:59):
took off. Announcing them withdrawal day early morning, the Nigeria
Minister of Aviation, Festus Kmo said and in quotes that
one in the last forty eight hours, I have been
in consultation with critical stakeholders in the aviation sector and
those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviors

(25:20):
of certain individuals at our airports of recent two. 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 traveling public. If nothing at all,
the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public awareness about

(25:41):
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 to us
in those available to the public, it is clear that
all the actors involved cannot continue to highlight the injury

(26:03):
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. In the case of the
unruly passenger comfort Emnson on the Ibom Airline on Sunday,

(26:25):
the tenth of August twenty twenty five, I have conferred
with Ibom Airline to withdraw the complaint against her. Today,
when the police took her statement in presence of her lawyer,
she exhibited great remorse for her conduct. B. Subsequent to
the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant, the CP
of Airport Command and the Police Prosecutor will immediately take

(26:48):
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 they agreed. The details of the
resolution will be made public by the AON subsequently d

(27:11):
In the case of quam Ie, the NC Double A
is to reduce his flag ban to a one month period.
FAAAN will also work with the music star with a
view to engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport
security protocol going forward. E having publicly demonstrated penitence. The
NC Double A is also to withdraw its criminal complaints

(27:33):
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 their licenses after the same period of one
month ban after undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal. The details

(27:54):
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 properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel
on how to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and

(28:14):
how to escalate potentially explosive situations. The retreat will be
fully covered by the press with the opportunity to ask
all the relevant questions. The airlines will also have their
own session when the conduct and attitude of their staff
towards members of the travelling public will be in full focus. Eight.

(28:34):
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
are also sending a clear message that we take safety
and security in the aviation sector very seriously and we

(28:57):
have decided to draw a line after these clements. Nigeria
Police Force, in the five count charges filed against the
female passenger of IBOM are stated that count one that
you comfort Bob on the ten day of August twenty
twenty five, at about fourteen thirty hours while on board
IBAM aircraft number s nb x P parked of Matala

(29:19):
Mohammad Airport, Terminal two m m A two per Keja
in the Alkeja Magisterial District, did behave in an unruly
and disorderly manner by shouting on top of your voice,
abusing and assaulting the flight crew, and refusing to disembark
from the aircraft after landing, and thereby committed an offense

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contrary two Section four one unpunishable under Section four two
of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria f a A N
by Law two thousand and five, count two, that you
can fort Bob on the same date, time and place
in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Juliana Edward

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by slapping and hitting her cheeks with your right hand,
and thereby commeted an offense contrary to Section one hundred
and seventy one a b unpunishable under Section one hundred
and seventy two of the Criminal Law of Legos, State
of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count three, that you comfort Bob
on the same date and place at about fourteen fifty

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hours in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Joppam
Sagon by hitting her face with your slippers, and thereby
committed an o'flin's contrary to section one hundred and seventy
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

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same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district,
did wilfully damage the aircraft divide a cotton value two thousand,
five hundred U S dollars two thousand, five hundred dollars
belonging too Ibom Airline, and thereby committed an offense contrary
to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of the

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Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count five,
that you comfort Bob on the same date, time and
place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did wilfully damaged one
raided whig by dragging and tearing the whig valued one
hundred and ten thousand naira one hundred and ten thousand

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niras belonging to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense
contrary to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of
the Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen.
The Ibom Air management, in a press release issued on
Monday entitled Incident involving an unruly Passenger on August tenth,

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twenty twenty five, said and in quotes that Iboma Air
confirms that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an
incident occurred on board hour Uyo Langos flight involving a passenger,
Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the
safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff

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from Muyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard aviation
safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone. She blundly
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. This action prompted a verbal
tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually calmed and the

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flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited
for all other passengers to disembark 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 the
four and used her footwear to assault her. She slapped

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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.
By this time, the pilot in command had alerted airport security.
Before security could arrive, the purser, as seen on the

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viral video on the Internet, prevented the passenger from leaving
the aircraft until security arrived. The arrival of Hibom Air
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.

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Even after disembarking, she continued to assault Hibom Air security
personnel and even slapped the ground supervisor. The passenger was
removed from the ramp and taken into custody by FAAM
Security an handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for
further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted a report on

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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. Ibom Air
reiterates its zero tolerance policy towards any form of unruly
or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew
or equipment. Such behavior will be met with the strongest

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possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from our services.
We commend the bravery and professionalism of our crew in
handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances, as well as
the swift support from airport's security and the Nigeria Police.
Safety remains our highest priority. We urge all passengers to

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comply with crew instructions at all times for the safety,
security and comfort of everyone on board. Had reported that
the Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Kamo says the Ministry has
directed for the aviation staff who released the video footage
containing the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson

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or Bob Scene in an indecent appearance with her chest
sexual organs exposed. After the passenger shirt was torn by
an Ibom Airline staff while 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 which one of the hostesses blocked the

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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, 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

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count five of the five count charges the police filed
against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.
We had reported that a careful study of the viral
video involving the Ibom Airline personnel, Legos Airport security operatives
and an aggrieved passenger comfort emnson on board the airline
plane on Sunday indicated that while the enraged passenger was

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being dragged off the plane by three men who held
her two hands and legs, suspending 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

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part of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers,
grabbed and pulled the passenger's shirt 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

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dragging the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female
passenger's body was exposed, the Ibom Airlines 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 ridiculesdi

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