Emmanson Breaks Silence on Airline Incident, Shares Her Painful Ordeal
In a video shared on her Instagram page on Sunday, Emmanson expressed deep gratitude to her supporters who stood by her during what she described as a “traumatic” ordeal.
Narrating her side of the story, the real estate consultant recalled that on August 10, 2025, she boarded a flight from Uyo to Lagos.
She alleged that a disagreement started mid-flight when a flight attendant, identified as Juliana, insisted she switch off her phone instead of simply placing it on flight mode. According to Emmanson, one of her two phones had a faulty power button, which complicated the situation.
“I showed her the phone and told her the power button was bad. She said I could still switch it off through the settings. With the help of a fellow passenger, I eventually managed to switch off both phones,” she explained.
Emmanson claimed that the confrontation did not end there but escalated upon landing in Lagos. She alleged that the same crew member stopped her from leaving the aircraft.
“When we landed in Lagos, everybody was getting out of the aircraft. I went to pee. Coming outside, everybody had already left. I had to rush, carry my stuff and move to rush out of the aircraft. Going out of the aircraft, this lady, Juliana, stopped me and I asked her, ‘Why did you stop me?’ ‘Why are you stopping me from going out of the aircraft? Everybody has left. So I need to go out.’
“She didn’t say anything to me. She stared at me with a bad eye. I picked up my phone and started recording. That was when she pushed me back inside the aircraft, dragged my wig frontal, tore my clothes and broke my necklace. The pain was unbearable.
“They dragged me outside. My body was out there, and then they videoed me in the process. My body was out. I was looking for where to cover it. All of them, the surroundings like videos, cameras everywhere. I was surprised because I never expected that, like tearing my clothes and videoing everything.”
Describing the humiliation further, she added:
“My body outside, my naked body outside, plus the pain. No, it was so much for one person to bear. I started asking them, ‘Why would you do that to me?’ Why would you do this to me? And still like video me again and still put it out there.”
Emmanson insisted that she never provoked the flight attendant but only reacted after being physically assaulted.
“God knows I would never poke an elderly woman old enough to be my mother. It was the pain she inflicted on me, dragging my wig and stripping me in public, that made me react.”
The incident quickly escalated as security personnel intervened. Videos of the chaotic moment later surfaced online, showing Emmanson being dragged off the aircraft with her clothes torn. The footage attracted both outrage and ridicule from the public.
“They tore my clothes, exposed my body, and people were taking videos. I felt humiliated. Like, the trauma is so much on me because I cannot even go out freely anymore because my body is out there. Some people even turned it into stickers,” she lamented.
Shortly after posting her 11-minute-long video, Emmanson issued a follow-up statement on her Instagram story, where she decried the spread of what she described as false narratives about the incident.
“There have been lots of narratives being pushed about the incident, even by respected individuals, some claiming my suffering was political. These are all false. I have received constant victimisation and libel. I only wish for redemption and to regain whatever dignity I have left as a woman,” she wrote.
She also acknowledged her emotional reactions on board the flight but clarified that they were born out of pain, not aggression.
“I’ve flown with Ibom Air for years and never experienced this. Whatever happened after I was dragged down from the plane came from a place of pain. My swimsuit was clipped below my privates and torn.
“Imagine the pain as a woman. I would never lay hands on someone old enough to be my mother if she hadn’t assaulted me first. I apologise about my behaviour, I am not crazy, neither am I wayward. I have never been in such a situation in my life, and I don’t wish it on my enemy,” she wrote.
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