An unruly Ibom Air passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre yesterday after she was arraigned for alleged assault.
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said the passenger was arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrates Court for criminal offences and remanded because she could not provide adequate sureties.
The minister condemned the release of her video showing indecent exposure of her body parts.
He directed that whoever released that part of the video amongst the staff should be singled out and sanctioned.
He also directed airlines to train and retrain their staff on how to deal with potentially explosive situations to diffuse them.
The minister called a joint aviation security meeting for next week for better coordination of security measures.
It is the second time in one week that untoward behavior by passengers will be recorded at the airports.
While Ms. Emmanson issue occurred at the Lagos Airport, Fuji Musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal was involved in another incident last week at the Abuja airport.
In Ms. Emmanson’s case a viral video of the incident showing officials of the airline struggling to bundle her out of the aircraft while indecently exposing parts of her body.
Keyamo, in a statement posted on X handle, said the incident occurred on Sunday on Ibom Airline Flight No. Q153 from Uyo to Lagos at about 14:54 hours.
“Whilst we support the filming of her recalcitrant behaviour as evidence to prosecute her, what is deplorable is to release such evidence containing indecent exposure to the public to ridicule her.
“That is totally unacceptable to us. We will not fold our arms and tolerate the debasing of womanhood.
“I have therefore directed that whoever released that part of the video containing indecent exposure amongst the staff should be singled out and adequately sanctioned,” Keyamo said.
He urged genuinely aggrieved passengers to use laid-down remedies to address grievances, such as the Consumer Protection Directorate of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
