A Female passenger, Comfort Bob, who allegedly assaulted Ibom Air’s crew and clashed with airport security at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, has been remanded at Kirikiri Maxi-mum Security prison in Lagos.
The airline in a statement, explained that the scene at the Lagos Airport which saw security operatives force down a female passenger on an Uyo-Lagos flight on Sunday escalated from refusal to put off her phone before takeoff.
The 26-year-old woman, on Tuesday , appeared before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos, for allegedly causing chaos aboard an Ibom Air flight shortly after it landed at Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), Ikeja.
Bob, whose address was not provided, is facing a five-count charge bordering on disorderly conduct, assault, and malicious damage, offences said to contravene the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, bye-laws and the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Police Prosecutor told the court that the incident occurred about 2:30p.m., on August 10, 2025, while Ibom Air flight No. SN-BXP was parked at MMA2 after arrival.
One of the charges reads: “That you, Comfort Bob, on the said date and place, did behave in an unruly and disorderly manner by shouting on top of your voice, abusing and assaulting the flight crew and refusing to disembark from the aircraft after landing, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 4(1)(a) and punishable under Section 4(2) of the FAAN bye-law, 2005.”
Another count alleged: “That you, Comfort Bob, on the same date and place, did assault one Jokpame Sagun by hitting her face with your slippers and thereby commit-ted an offence contrary to Section 170(1)(a)(b) and punishable under Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The court further heard that the defendant willfully damaged an aircraft divider curtain valued at $2,500, property of Ibom Air, and tore a N110,000 braided wig belonging to one of the victims.
She was remanded in prison custody pending further hearing of the matter slated for October 6, 2025.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has placed her on “no fly” list indefinitely.
