The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday interrogated the crew members involved in the controversial Ibom Air incident, which saw a female passenger, Comfort Emmanson, brutalised, publicly stripped at the Lagos airport after a heated altercation with the airline’s air hostess.
The Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection at NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a brief statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday afternoon.
“Yesterday in Abuja, the NCAA team met with Julie Edwards and other members of the crew involved in the Comfort Emanson incident as part of investigations into that event,” Achimugu stated. He explained that the NCAA’s directorates of Aviation Security, Operations, Licensing and Training Standards, Legal, and Consumer Protection are collaborating to ensure a proper conclusion to this investigation.”
According to him, “Later today (Thursday), Comfort Emanson, the passenger, would be meeting with the Authority.
However, in a subsequent post, Achimugu said, “NCAA has held a meeting with Comfort Emanson, the Ibom Air passenger.” She is being accompanied by her lawyer.
Drama erupted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on August 10, 2025, when the passenger was captured on camera assaulting a flight attendant. She later clashed with airport officials.