Comfort Emmanson has spoken publicly for the first time since her release, narrating in detail what she says transpired on board the August 10 flight that led to her arrest and viral humiliation. In a video shared online, Emmanson expressed gratitude to those who stood by her during her ordeal.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it will meet with Ibom Air and eyewitnesses to review the circumstances surrounding the incident aboard one of the airline’s flights. The NCAA had appealed to passengers on the Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos to come forward with accounts of the altercation that broke out onboard. Providing an update […]
Emmanuel Ehioma, a Catholic priest, has asked repeated viewers of the now-viral Ibom Air passenger footage to head for confession. Ehioma warned that rewatching the footage crosses a moral line. On Sunday, videos shared on X showed Comfort Emmanson, a passenger, hitting a flight attendant on an Ibom Air plane and confronting airport security officials. Ibom Air […]
On Wednesday, an Ikeja Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos State, dismissed the case against Comfort Emmanson, the passenger accused of disorderly conduct and assault aboard an Ibom Air flight. Presiding Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami discharged Emmanson after the police withdrew the five-count charge previously filed against her. The decision followed an announcement by the
Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday, condemned the arrest and persecution of Comfort Emmanson, an unruly passenger on an Ibom Air plane. Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, said the treatment meted out to Emmanson was worse than the punishment against Wasiu Ayinde, who engaged […]
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has ordered disciplinary action against any Ibom Air personnel found responsible for leaking a video that captured the indecent exposure of a female passenger involved in an onboard altercation. In a statement released on Monday, Keyamo emphasized that while recording such incidents for legal evidence is







