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Uyo, Akwa Ibom state – Captain Boaz Agbonifoh, a commercial pilot, on Tuesday, August 12, condemned the release of an indecent video of the Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, who was accused of assaulting crew members on Sunday, August 10.
Agbonifoh said that the release of Emmanson’s video to the public, possibly to ridicule her, was deplorable and unacceptable.
Photo credits: @ibomairlines, @ChukwumaNwaise/X
Source: Twitter
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by Legit.ng, Agbonifoh noted several faults in the infamous scenario.
The expert said:
“A gap I noticed was when the lady in question hit an air hostess and nothing was done, and someone decides to start making a video. I say it all the time, instead of making a video, why don’t you try to resolve the issue? But social media these days is ‘you are going to be the person who posted the video’.”
He continued:
“The entire situation, there are three people I blame. Number one, the security agencies, number two, the entire flight crew, and number three the ground personnel.”
Captain Agbonifoh added:
“You have airport police. The reason for airport police, other than protecting lives and well-being, is for situations where if you have sensitive security issues.
“It seems like the ramp agents took the laws into their hands and forcefully removed her.
“And then, she was also assaulted in the process. So, I don’t know what the training is like in Nigeria.”
Furthermore, the pilot commented on the circumstances that led to the prosecution of Emmanson, while Fuji music star, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as Kwam 1, was not taken to court over an alleged disruption of a ValueJet flight.
According to Captain Agbonifoh, it looks like “selective justice”.
Agbonifoh’s interview can be watched below:
Lifetime flight ban for Ibom Air passenger
Legit.ng recalls that the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) imposed a lifetime ban on Emmanson, who allegedly assaulted airline officials on an Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.
The AON, in a statement by its spokesperson, Obiora Okonkwo, on Monday, August 11, said the ban on Emmanson from flying with any AON member, either domestically or internationally, for life, takes immediate effect.
The incident involving Emmanson, which began shortly before take-off at Victor Attah International Airport, reportedly escalated when she allegedly refused to switch off her mobile phone despite repeated safety instructions.
According to Ibom Air, another passenger seated beside her switched off the device, prompting a verbal outburst that turned into a physical confrontation with the cabin crew upon landing in Lagos.
Ibom air reacts to viral video
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Ibom Air’s management said that the airline did not made public the widely-shared footage of a customer being hauled off an aircraft indecently.
The clarification was made by Aniekan Essienette, group manager of marketing and communications at Ibom Air, in response to the controversy surrounding the incident that has taken over social media.
In an interview, Essienette stated that although the footage was captured on the aircraft, Ibom Air’s employees did not record or distribute it.
Source: Legit.ng
