The management of Ibom Airlines has responded to the news making the rounds concerning a man who was kicked off an Abuja to lagos bound plane on Friday
In a press statement signed by Aniekan Essienette, Group Manager, Marketing and Communication ibomair, it read:
“We wish to inform the public about an incident on our 6 pm flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, 31 March 2023.
A passenger stood up and began addressing other passengers in a manner considered inappropriate and unruly, as he was making other passengers nervous.
“Our crew deemed his continuous unruly behavior unsafe and called on airport security to help with the situation. Upon his refusal to stop or disembark peacefully, the security operatives were left with no choice but to forcefully disembark the passenger as a last option.
We are aware that several videos and reports of this incident are circulating on social media and wish to provide the right perspective.”
“Ibom Air wishes to assure our passengers that we maintain very high safety and service standards and will never compromise the safety and security of our passengers.
We apologize to the affected passengers for the time it took to disembark this passenger, which caused an otherwise on-time departure to be delayed by an hour.”
The man in the video who claimed to be a PHD holder, reportedly delayed the take-off of the Ibom Flight from Abuja to Lagos for over an hour, claiming that Bola Tinubu did not win the February 25 presidential election.
