The Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised Ibom Airlines Limited for banning a passenger identified as Comfort Emmanson from flying with its airline after she was found assaulting one of the crew members of their aircraft.
The former Anambra State Governor questioned the process followed, which led to Emmanson’s sanction, and whether the authorities had exhausted the avenues of justice and compassionate resolution on the matter.
Peter Obi, in a statement via 𝕏 on Tuesday titled, ‘The Poor Must Not Be Punished While the Powerful Walk Free’, said the ban on Emmanson is systemically wrong and unjust.
Peter Obi further referenced the case of Fuji singer, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, better known as KWAM1, stating that the authorities acted with lightning speed in Emmanson’s case, but the same urgency is absent when dealing with the influential and politically connected.
He said, “Yesterday, I sincerely apologised to Ibom Air and its crew for the unacceptable conduct of one of their passengers.