In reaction to the news making rounds on the social media about the disembarking of an Ibom Air passenger on on its 6 pm flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, 31 March 2023, the airline in a statement explained that the passenger acted in an unruly manner hence, the treatment.
Justnetnews gathered that the passenger, a middle-aged man stood up in the aircraft and started making threats against the swearing in of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, an act considered unruly by the airline.
The airline said the 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 apologise 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 airline explained in the statement signed by its Group Manager, Marketing and Communication, Aniekan Essienette.