Lady who ‘assaulted’ Ibom Air crew sent to prison
Comfort Emmanson, a passenger accused of assaulting crew members of Ibom Air and a co-passenger, has been remanded in a Correctional Centre in Lagos. Emmanson had reportedly attacked her victims on Sunday upon arriving Lagos airport from Uyo after the crew complained about her refusal to switch off her phone before take-off. She was said […]
Comfort Emmanson, a passenger accused of assaulting crew members of Ibom Air and a co-passenger, has been remanded in a Correctional Centre in Lagos.
Emmanson had reportedly attacked her victims on Sunday upon arriving Lagos airport from Uyo after the crew complained about her refusal to switch off her phone before take-off.
She was said to have stepped on her fellow passenger, forcefully removed her wig and eye glasses and threw them on the floor.
She was also accused of slapping cabin crew members who tried to intervene, and attempting to use one of the fire extinguishers on the aircraft as a weapon, but was stopped by airport security officials who handed her over to the police.
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The development had led to Ibom Air banning Emmanson from flying its aircraft.
In a statement on Monday, Ibom Air said the passenger was handed over to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), banning her from flying on any of its aircraft.
She was later charged and sent to a Correctional Centre in Lagos.
Confirming the development in a post on his official X handle on Monday, Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said Emmanson had been charged and remanded in Kirikiri for her unruly behaviour.
He wrote, “The more reason the flying public should be more careful, the unruly passenger on the Uyo–Lagos bound Ibom Air, Miss Comfort Emmanson, has been charged to court and she’s now cooling off in Kirikiri.”