A woman who became unruly and disrupted a flight from Uyo to Abuja last weekend on Ibom Air has been charged to court by the police.
Passengers were stranded after the flight was cancelled as the woman insisted on going with her excess luggage. She caused a long standoff with the airline officials and was almost lynched by the enraged passengers, but for the intervention of airport security officials.
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority director of public affairs and consumer protection Micheal Achimugu Monday told the Punch that the woman was handed over to the police.
“She was taken to the police and was in detention for two nights. She has been charged to court but granted bail. That was the last information I got from the airline and later today (Monday), I will get further information.
“The NCAA continues to educate stakeholders about unruly behavior and the penalties it attracts.
“The regulations state firmly that no provocation justifies violence at the airport. Certain acts, especially holding up the movement of an aircraft through means of violence, could be interpreted as terrorism depending on the severity (to be determined by the police).”
