Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger whose ordeal recently went viral, has spoken publicly for the first time since the incident.
She posted a video on her Instagram page today, August 17, 2025, recounting her experience on the flight from Uyo to Lagos.
In the video, Emmanson described how she was traumatized when a flight attendant allegedly exposed her bosom during the altercation. She said the incident left her unable to go out in public and revealed that her image has since been turned into multiple WhatsApp stickers, adding to her distress.
Her statement marks the first time she has personally addressed the controversy, which has continued to spark outrage and calls for accountability in Nigeria’s aviation sector.
She said; ‘On August 10, 2025, I boarded a flight from Uyo to Lagos. The hostess, Juliana said we should switch off our phones. I was trying to put one of my phones on flight mode. She came to me and said I must put it off. I was with two phones and I explained to her that the second phone was faulty. A man helped me to switch off one of the phones while I struggled with the faulty one.
I told her to help me out but she said no so I begged the man again to switch it off and he did. As Juliana was leaving, she said ‘YOU WILL SEE’. I didn’t count it as anything. When we landed in Lagos, I had to use the to!let in the plane. When I came out, I quickly went to pack my luggage and was about to get out of the plane when Juliana stopped me for no reason.
I told her to let me pass but she ignored so I started recording on my phone. After a while I stopped the recording and she saw that I recorded her so she pushed me inside the plane, dragged my frontal, my clothes, my jewelry and broke my phones.
The pain of the frontal she pulled got me mad, I poked my fingers at her face and I asked her why she did that. She then started calling me a prost!tute. The other airport staff came, surrounded me and dragged me out of the plane.
While they were dragging me, she pulled my clothes which was pinned on me and my body was out there and all of them were recording me. I tried to cover my body. I never expected that kind of treatment.
They recorded me and put it on the social media. I am traumatized, I am ashamed to go out because everyone has seen my body. They even used it as WhatsApp sticker.
I am into real estate, I don’t know how to talk to customers knowing that my body is out there. How will I get married? My unborn kids will see this. My reputation is gone. I am not a trouble maker. I am still rounding up my treatment from the hospital.”
Watch her speak below;