Why airport security operatives threw passenger off air plane (Video)
Security operatives of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja were able to restore normalcy after an air passenger created a scene in an Ibom Air aircraft.
According to reports, the suspected passenger believed to be an ‘Obidient’ was said to have announced that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must never be sworn in as President on May 29, 2023.
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In a viral video making rounds on social media, it took the efforts of six airport security operatives to evacuate him after holding up the aircraft for more than one hour which led to delay of flight.
The flight which was scheduled to depart Abuja for 6pm flight could not leave until few minutes after 7pm.
In the video, the man could be heard shouting, as he was being carried off the aisle, “Obidients you’re here. They are doing this to me. Obidients you’re here, I am naked. Obidients you’re here, I am going naked.”
Meanwhile, responding to the incidence, the Group Manager, Marketing and Communication, Aniekan Essienette, Ibom Air, said the team had to forcefully disembark him because his conduct was “unsafe.”
She said, “We wish to inform the public about an incident on our 6 pm flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, 31 March 2023.
“A passenger stood up and began addressing other passengers in a manner considered inappropriate and unruly, as he was making other passengers nervous.
“Our crew deemed his continuous unruly behavior unsafe and called on airport security to help with the situation. Upon his refusal to stop or disembark peacefully, the security operatives were left with no choice but to forcefully disembark the passenger as a last option.
“We are aware that several videos and reports of this incident are circulating on social media and wish to provide the right perspective.
“Ibom Air wishes to assure our passengers that we maintain very high safety and service standards and will never compromise the safety and security of our passengers.
“We apologize to the affected passengers for the time it took to disembark this passenger, which caused an otherwise on-time departure to be delayed by an hour.”
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