Ibom Air: Witness Who Sat Close To Comfort Emmanson Narrates Altercation, "Unjustified Humiliation"
- A fellow passenger on the Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has spoken up about the unfortunate incident
- The witness, David Ogebe, SAN, said he sat close to Comfort Emmanson and saw everything that happened before the plane took off for Lagos
- Ogebe, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), captioned the experience as "unjustified humiliation and provocation by Ibom Air hostess"
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Lagos state - A fellow passenger on the Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has narrated how the alteration between Comfort Emmanson and the air hostess started.
The NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, said the witness contacted him, submitted a boarding pass for verification.
Source: TikTok
Achimogu, via his X handle, @mikeachimugu01, said the witness offered to testify and shed new light on events before departure.
The witness, David Ogebe, SAN, via his X handle @egi_nupe___, said he sat on seat 14B.
Ogebe said Emmanson sat across the aisle to his right (that should be seat 14C or D depending on how the seats were numbered)
Unjustified humiliation, provocation by Ibom Air hostess
There were only two air hostesses on the plane and one of them asked Emmanson politely twice to switch off her phone.
The witness said noticed that Emmanson was fiddling with her phone with some uncertainty.
“After hostess 1 left to continue her duties, hostess 2 came with an almighty huff and told Miss. Emmanson to switch off her phone with a very high voice. Miss. Emmanson in a low voice tried to explain to hostess 2 that the buttons on her phone for switch off were not working so she did not know how to switch off the phone. Hostess 2 rebuffed her and kept insisting that she switches off the phone. Hostess 2 then told her that the phone she was holding was an iPhone which did not require buttons to switch off. The lady now asked the hostess to assist her switch off the phone and hostess 2 replied “I am not touching your phone”. Hostess 2 now told her to go to settings and from there click on general. The lady now responded in an even lower voice saying “please I cannot read and don’t know what you said I should do. Can you just help me?” Hostess 2 now retorted “Please I don’t have time for your nonsense. Better switch off that phone immediately”.
“The gentleman sitting to my left in seat 14A and I were flabbergasted when we heard this and could not believe that an air hostess could speak so condescendingly and unnecessarily humiliate a passenger, perhaps because she was a single female. We then intervened and asked the gentleman sitting next to the lady by the window of her row to assist her. He collected the phone and was assisting her. Miss. Emmanson then started asking hostess 2 if there was anything wrong with being unable to read and why she had to humiliate her like that to the whole public. Hostess 2 now told Miss. Emmanson to keep quiet or else she would deal with her. At this point Miss. Emmanson started cursing and told her she could do nothing to her. Hostess 2 then said “ok, you will see” then she left in a puff and proceeded to the cockpit and never came back.”
3 actions taken in favour of Ibom Air passenger
Legit.ng earlier reported that the federal government through the minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, took actions in favour of Emmanson.
Keyamo announced three actions/steps taken in favour of Emmanson, who allegedly assaulted officials of Ibom Air.
Legit.ng reports that Emmanson was remanded for assaulting Ibom Air staff on Sunday, August 10, 2025
Source: Legit.ng
