KOREDE DAMIFOGO
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday, said new information has emerged after interrogating Ms Comfort Emmanson, a Passenger of Ibom Airlines who was publicly stripped at the Lagos airport after a heated altercation with the airline’s air hostess.
BUSINESSINSIDERNG reports that on Wednesday, the NCAA team had met with the Air hostess Julie Edwards and other crew members involved in the Lagos incident, but deferred Ms Emmanson’s investigations till Thursday over her absence.
Speaking, the director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection at NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said Ms Emmanson gave her a detailed account of what transpired at the aircraft.
“Some of the new information has come to light, so we asked her some questions based on the information we got from our meeting with the airline yesterday. Information that was not previously available to the public.
“And then from some of the eyewitnesses to those situations. Not from the aircraft, but even from the terminal before she boarded her flight. We asked questions about those incident occurrences,” she stated.
Achimugu, who said the investigative panel wasn’t a court but rather investigating the incident to forestall recurrence.
“This young lady was allowed to give an account of the events that happened that day so we can also marry that with what the airline has said, presented as well, and what other actors involved in the fiasco have also said.
“There are still a couple more people as we are tying up all the loose ends. Until then, we might not be able to reveal much of what has been said because of the pre-empting, compromising investigations.”
“So, you just give it a little time, give it a few days. We’ll come up with a preliminary statement on our findings so far. With the young lady, except that there’s something else she would like to add to her statement.
“There will not be another meeting. You guys also remember that this isn’t the court. We are not taking her to court. The reason for this investigation is to understand the events that happened, to prevent this kind of event in the future,” he stated.