NBA President Condemns Dehumanizing Treatment of Passenger on Ibom Air Flight
Speaking to TVC News last night, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, strongly condemned the degrading treatment meted out to Ms. Comfort Emmanson aboard an Ibom Air flight on 10 August 2025, and the subsequent lifetime ban imposed on her by the airline and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON).
He described the incident, which saw Ms. Emmanson forcibly removed from the aircraft, stripped in public, and filmed without her consent as a gross violation of her dignity and fundamental human rights.
Osigwe stressed that no individual should be subjected to such inhumane treatment, and any footage of the incident should have been blurred to safeguard her privacy.
The NBA, he stated, stands ready to provide Ms. Emmanson with pro bono legal representation, while calling for an impartial investigation into the matter, the immediate withdrawal of the lifetime ban, and sanctions against all those found culpable.
Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN
President, Nigerian Bar Association
