Minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has called for sanctions to be directed against any Ibom Air staff member responsible for leaking the video showing the indecent exposure of a female passenger involved in an onboard altercation.
In a statement on Monday, Keyamo noted that while recording the incident for use as evidence in court was in order, releasing footage showing indecent exposure to the public was “totally unacceptable”.
Videos shared on social media showed an unruly female passenger attacking a flight attendant on an Ibom Air plane and confronting airport security officials. The passenger has since been remanded in Kirikiri prison.
Reacting to the saga, Keyamo stated that she was remanded as she was not able to provide enough sureties in court.
“We also note the scuffle that took place between the unruly passenger and ground personnel before she was eventually subdued. This was because of her uncooperative attitude,” the post reads.
“Whilst we support the filming of her recalcitrant behaviour as evidence to prosecute her, what is DEPLORABLE is to release such evidence containing indecent exposure to the public to ridicule her. That is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE to us.
“We will not fold our arms and tolerate the debasing of womanhood. I have therefore directed that whoever RELEASED that part of the video containing the indecent exposure amongst the staff should be singled out and adequately sanctioned.”
