18.8.2025
The drama surrounding the Ibom Air/Comfort Emmanson saga took a twist with her father Godwin Emmanson Mbok, demanding government compensation.
Miss Emmanson was dragged out of an Ibom Air craft at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos half naked after she allegedly became uncooperative and unruly during a flight from Uyo.
The episode caused a social media storm and Miss Emmanson who was remanded at the Kirikiri Correction by a magistrate court had the police charges of assault against her dropped.
Mr. Emmanson Mbok, a tailor who is struggling to make ends meet during an interview with Is Real TV, said his life has been turned around by the saga.
“The first day I saw this thing, I was seriously provoked because I tried all I could to send my child to school,” Emmanson said.
“I couldn’t know why it could have happened that way. Is it because I don’t have money? Is it because I don’t have anybody in power?”
“Even now, I’m so provoked that I don’t know what to say. I don’t even know how we are going to pay our bills because they have rubbished us, they tarnished our image. I don’t know what exactly to do
“As I am now, I’m not myself. I don’t feel like eating or doing anything. They stripped my child naked. She didn’t steal, just for a mere argument.
He urged the government to look
“What has the state government done to this? Is it just because I’m speaking just as that, it decided to go that way? Why should it happen?”
“I’m not happy. No matter how they paint it, compensation must be paid,” he insisted.
“How can you strip somebody’s child naked and post to the whole world? Who posted it? How did it happen? It is a bad issue.”
He revealed that it was through his tailor job he was able to train his daughter.
“This is what I do to train that child. I don’t have a shop. Somebody gave me this space because I don’t have money to pay for a shop.”
