The lady in the incident on the Ibom Air flight from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Lagos State, Comfort Emmanson, has again given a detailed account of the incident.
She had after her arrest, arraignment, and discharge by a Lagos State court given details of the incident via a write up on her Facebook page.
Taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, Emmanson, in a video, which was followed by a write up just moments after, narrated again what transpired on the flight from the Obong Victor Attah International Airport in Uyo to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja on August 10, 2025.
She alleged that a disagreement began when a flight attendant, who she simply identified as Juliana, insisted she switch off her phone instead of putting it in flight mode.
She, however, said that the issue was that one of her two phones had a faulty power button.
She said: “I showed her the phone and told her the power button was bad.
“She said I could still switch it off through the settings.
“With the help of a fellow passenger, I eventually managed to switch off both phones.
“When we landed in Lagos, everybody was getting out of the aircraft.
“I went to pee.
“Coming outside, everybody had already left.
“I had to rush, carry my stuff and move to rush out of the aircraft.
“Going out of the aircraft, this lady, Juliana, stopped me and I asked her: ‘Why did you stop me? Why are you stopping me from going out of the aircraft? Everybody has left. So I need to go out.’
“She didn’t say anything to me.
“She stared at me with a bad eye.
“I picked up my phone and started recording.
“That was when she pushed me back inside the aircraft, dragged my wig frontal, tore my clothes and broke my necklace.
“The pain was unbearable.
“They dragged me outside.
“My body was out there, and then they videoed me in the process.
“My body was out.
“I was looking for where to cover it.
“All of them, the surroundings, like videos, cameras everywhere.
“I was surprised because I never expected that.
“Like tearing my clothes and videoing everything.”
“My body outside, my naked body outside, plus the pain.
“No, it was so much for one person to bear.
“I started asking them: ‘Why would you do that to me? Why would you do this to me? And still like video me again and still put it out there.’
“God knows I would never poke an elderly woman old enough to be my mother.
“It was the pain she inflicted on me, dragging my wig and stripping me in public that made me react.
“They tore my clothes, exposed my body, and people were taking videos.
“I felt humiliated.
“Like, the trauma is so much on me because I cannot even go out freely anymore because my body is out there.
“Some people even turned it into stickers.”
Emmason followed the 11 minute video with a statement on her Instagram story.
She decried the spread of false narratives of the events on the flight.
She said: “There have been lots of narratives being pushed about the incident, even by respected individuals, some claiming my suffering was political.
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“These are all false.
“I have received constant victimisation and libel.
“I only wish for redemption and to regain whatever dignity I have left as a woman.
“I’ve flown with Ibom Air for years and never experienced this.
“Whatever happened after I was dragged down from the plane came from a place of pain.
“My swimsuit was clipped below my privates and torn.
“Imagine the pain as a woman.
“I would never lay hands on someone old enough to be my mother if she hadn’t assaulted me first.
“I apologise about my behaviour, I am not crazy, neither am I wayward.
“I have never been in such a situation in my life, and I don’t wish it on my enemy.”
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