Aviation Authority Grills Ibom Air Crew, Comfort Emmanson

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has interrogated the crew members involved in the recent controversial Ibom Air incident.

Naija News reports that the viral incident saw a female passenger, Comfort Emmanson, brutalised, publicly stripped at the Lagos airport after a heated altercation with the airline’s air hostess.

This was disclosed in a brief statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday afternoon by the Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection at NCAA, Michael Achimugu.

“Yesterday in Abuja, the NCAA team met with Julie Edwards and other members of the crew involved in the Comfort Emanson incident as part of investigations into that event,” Achimugu stated.

He explained that the NCAA’s directorates of Aviation Security; Operations, Licensing and Training Standards; Legal; and Consumer Protection “are collaborating to ensure a proper conclusion to this investigation.”

According to him, “Later today (Thursday), Comfort Emmanson, the passenger, would be meeting with the Authority. She is being accompanied by her lawyer.”

However, in a subsequent post, Achimugu said, “NCAA has held a meeting with Comfort Emanson, the Ibom Air passenger.”

Recall that drama erupted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on August 10, 2025, when the passenger was captured on camera assaulting flight attendant and airport officials.

Ibom Air had issued a statement defending its crew, maintaining that Emmanson had “refused to comply with repeated instructions”.

However, Emmanson’s legal representatives accused the airline of lying, stressing that their client was a victim of “arbitrary and degrading treatment” in violation of her fundamental rights.