Ibom Air row: Passenger remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre – Keyamo

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said on Monday that the lady who caused a row inside the Ibom Air on Sunday, has been remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos.

Miss Comfort Emmanson engaged in a fisticuffs with the airline officials at the Lagos airport on Sunday and was bundled out of the plane by airport security with torn cloths.

The Minister stated that the passenger, who was engaged in a brawl with airline officials aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged to court and thereafter remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.

The Minister, through his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, disclosed that the passenger has been sent to prison.

Keyamo confirmed the development in a post on his official X handle.

“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,” Moshood wrote.

His statement comes amid warnings by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) that stricter enforcement actions will be taken against passengers engaging in disruptive conduct, which has been on the rise in Nigerian airports.

The airline, in a statement on Monday, banned the passenger from flying with its airline after she was found assaulting one of the crew members of their aircraft.