Speaker 1: There is still no peace in sight. After nearly three
Speaker 1: hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a
Speaker 1: state in the United States US between President Vladimir Putin
Speaker 1: of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States
Speaker 1: over the war Russia launched since twenty twenty two in Ukraine,
Speaker 1: which has led to thousands of deaths, mostly Ukrainians, which
Speaker 1: President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, who was not invited for
Speaker 1: the meeting on Friday, in a statement, said that it
Speaker 1: was time to end the war, but Russia must take
Speaker 1: the necessary steps to a genuine peace steal And. While
Speaker 1: commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland
Speaker 1: Karl Navroky on Friday via x social media platform to
Speaker 1: mark Poland Armed Forces Day, which coincided with the day
Speaker 1: Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenski said that
Speaker 1: Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence and we must always remember
Speaker 1: that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through
Speaker 1: joint efforts and it saved Europe and The Polish President
Speaker 1: Karl Navoki had said that today we celebrate the one
Speaker 1: hundred fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory at the
Speaker 1: Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, together
Speaker 1: with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army's westward march,
Speaker 1: safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
Speaker 1: has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
Speaker 1: tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of
Speaker 1: domestic despotism, in which the only freeman is the ruler himself.
Speaker 1: But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom,
Speaker 1: Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of
Speaker 1: free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Usha fifteen fourteen,
Speaker 1: Klashido one thousand, six hundred ten and Warsaw nineteen twenty.
Speaker 1: It was probably a sinnature of world attention when Air
Speaker 1: Force one and Russia presidential aircraft officially wheeled down a
Speaker 1: joint and bas Seldendorf as President Donald Trump and President
Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin met face to face for the first time
Speaker 1: since the war in Ukraine started on February twenty fourth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, and the Friday meeting marked the first
Speaker 1: time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on western
Speaker 1: country soil since he launched the war against Ukraine. He
Speaker 1: was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US
Speaker 1: is not a member country of the International Criminal Court
Speaker 1: Ices that issued a warrant of arrest against the Kremlin
Speaker 1: leader since twenty twenty three over alleged war crime in Ukraine.
Speaker 1: It would be recalled that the Russian President Vladimir Putin
Speaker 1: did not attend the twenty twenty five annual Brazil, Russia, India,
Speaker 1: China and South Africa Summit known as Bricks Summit in
Speaker 1: Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant
Speaker 1: for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed
Speaker 1: in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid Yuri Yashikov, President
Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin did not attend the summit due to certain
Speaker 1: difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement, adding in
Speaker 1: that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear
Speaker 1: position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting. Instead,
Speaker 1: the Russian leader joined his Bricks colleagues via video link.
Speaker 1: Futen was declared a war crimes suspect since the ICC
Speaker 1: named him in a March twenty twenty three arrest warrant
Speaker 1: over the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused
Speaker 1: of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children,
Speaker 1: with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob
Speaker 1: them of the Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity.
Speaker 1: The alleged mass abductions, according to observers, may qualify as
Speaker 1: genocide according to the nineteen forty eight United Nations Genocide Convention,
Speaker 1: which identifies forcibly transferring children of the group to another
Speaker 1: group as one of five internationally recognized acts of genocide.
Speaker 1: As a signatory too the Roman Statute that established the
Speaker 1: icc Brazil would have been obliged to arrest Putin if
Speaker 1: he entered the country. Addressing the ICCA warrant in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, Brazilian President Lewis In or cho Lula dar
Speaker 1: Silva initially dismissed talk of detaining the Russian president, before
Speaker 1: backtracking and distancing himself from the issue. If Kutin decides
Speaker 1: to go to Brazil, it's the justice system that will
Speaker 1: take the decision over whether he should be arrested, not
Speaker 1: the government or Congress. Lula stated. Kutin faced similar uncertainty
Speaker 1: two years ago ahead of the annual gathering of Bricks Leaders,
Speaker 1: which was then being hosted by South Africa. The South
Speaker 1: African authorities reportedly came under considerable pressure from their Russian
Speaker 1: colleagues to provide assurances that the Kremlin dictator could travel
Speaker 1: to the August twenty twenty three event without fear of arrest.
Speaker 1: Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president
Speaker 1: would be a declaration of war. South African President Cyril
Speaker 1: Ramaphosis stated then in the build up to the summit,
Speaker 1: the African country was ultimately unable to offer any guarantees,
Speaker 1: forcing Putin to abandon his plans to attend the summit
Speaker 1: in South Africa. Fox News reported that the Russian President
Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin makes a rare public appearance of the monument
Speaker 1: honoring US cooperation during World War II just hours before
Speaker 1: his summit with President Trump on Friday, and after the
Speaker 1: summit in Alaska, local media showed a video of President
Speaker 1: Putin kneeling at every Soviet pilot grave in Alaska as
Speaker 1: both leaders met on the tarmac of the US military
Speaker 1: base airport. A flyover of American military planes passed overhead,
Speaker 1: including fighter jets and what appeared to be a B
Speaker 1: two stealth bomber. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir
Speaker 1: Putin emerged from a nearly three hour meeting on the
Speaker 1: Ukraine War and gave public statements, but left without announcing
Speaker 1: any agreement or cease fire, and they refused to take
Speaker 1: questions from the press. US fighter jets were seen escorting
Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin's plane out of Alaska after the summit with Trump.
Speaker 1: The Kremlin posted a video on Telegram appearing to show
Speaker 1: at least two USF twenty two fighter jets escorting the
Speaker 1: Russian president's plane out of Alaska following talks with Donald Trump.
Speaker 1: There's no deal until there's a deal, Trump said. The
Speaker 1: White House had said there would be a news conference
Speaker 1: after the closed door meeting, but both men walked off
Speaker 1: stage without taking any questions. Trump hosted the summit at
Speaker 1: a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to
Speaker 1: brok her a peace deal and stop a three year
Speaker 1: war with Ukraine and its ever rising body count. It
Speaker 1: was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks.
Speaker 1: We didn't get there, but we have a very good
Speaker 1: chance of getting there, Trump said. President Donald Trump added
Speaker 1: va a post that a great and very successful day
Speaker 1: in Alaska. It was determined by all that the best
Speaker 1: way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine
Speaker 1: is to go directly to a peace agreement. President Zelenski
Speaker 1: will be coming to d C the Oval Office on Monday.
Speaker 1: While President Putin and Trump were on the way to
Speaker 1: meet in Alaska, Voladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, in a number
Speaker 1: of press statements made available via his verified ex social
Speaker 1: media account, said he held a staff meeting to discuss
Speaker 1: three key issues the front, particularly the Pokrosk sector. We
Speaker 1: are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a
Speaker 1: foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier.
Speaker 1: We are succeeding. Units of the seventy ninth and eighty
Speaker 1: second Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the
Speaker 1: Domropilia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce
Speaker 1: this and other areas in the Danyesk region. Special attention
Speaker 1: was paid to positions in the Zaporigia region. I thank
Speaker 1: all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian Army continues
Speaker 1: to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more
Speaker 1: favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting
Speaker 1: in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our
Speaker 1: partners about the real situation. We also discuss today the
Speaker 1: development of the contract system in the defense forces and
Speaker 1: the funding of Ukraine's defense and security forces for twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty twenty six. Under any circumstances, our army
Speaker 1: will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats
Speaker 1: to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a
Speaker 1: contract army. Today, I also expect a report from our
Speaker 1: intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and
Speaker 1: its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed high stakes.
Speaker 1: The key thing is that this meeting should open up
Speaker 1: a real path toward a just peace and the substantive
Speaker 1: discussion between leaders in a trilateral format US Ukraine, the
Speaker 1: United States and the Russian side. It is time to
Speaker 1: end the war and the necessary steps must be taken
Speaker 1: by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready
Speaker 1: as always to work as productively as possible. I held
Speaker 1: a meeting with the government team, the Office and the
Speaker 1: Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss
Speaker 1: our diplomatic work the highest priority areas. In particular, we
Speaker 1: address the funding of Ukraine's defense forces, auditing the effectiveness
Speaker 1: of coalitions with partners, special formats, the substance of our
Speaker 1: bilateral relations in key global areas, and our work at
Speaker 1: the EU level. I instructed that the foreign policy plan
Speaker 1: be updated for the period through the end of the
Speaker 1: year on Monday. I expect the updated plan to be
Speaker 1: presented with a neighbour like Russia. Only the co operation
Speaker 1: of free nations can effectively protect each of them. We
Speaker 1: value Poland's support for Ukraine. Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence,
Speaker 1: and we must always remember that the Miracle on the
Speaker 1: Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe.
Speaker 1: In the same way, Ukrainians have been defending our state
Speaker 1: in the full scale war for four years by repelling
Speaker 1: the Russian army in Ukraine, Nakiv, in the Sumi, Kharkiv
Speaker 1: and Darniesk regions, as well as in the Black Sea.
Speaker 1: Ukrainians are truly ensuring the opportunity for all Europeans to
Speaker 1: live freely, free of Moscow's madness. I thank Poland for
Speaker 1: walking along this path shoulder to shoulder with us. Congratulations
Speaker 1: on Polish Armed Forces Day, and best wishes for our
Speaker 1: and your independence to always remain strong. President Karol Navroki
Speaker 1: of Poland had said that today we celebrate the one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory. At
Speaker 1: the Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army,
Speaker 1: together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Armies westward March,
Speaker 1: safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
Speaker 1: has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
Speaker 1: tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of
Speaker 1: domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the
Speaker 1: ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy
Speaker 1: of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an
Speaker 1: alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at
Speaker 1: Warsha fifteen fourteen, Klashino one thousand, six hundred ten and
Speaker 1: Warsaw nineteen twenty. The Polish people know that resisting Russian
Speaker 1: imperialism is not merely an economic matter. It concerns the
Speaker 1: very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless.
Speaker 1: It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended.
Speaker 1: This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the fifteenth century.
Speaker 1: Light all who cherish freedom and peace to join my
Speaker 1: fellow polls on August fifteenth in celebrating the halting of
Speaker 1: despotism and the defense of liberty. WI co contestants in
Speaker 1: the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor
Speaker 1: of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Ahmed
Speaker 1: Tenubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent
Speaker 1: travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned pressing issues
Speaker 1: of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically,
Speaker 1: Peter Obi said, the situation we find ourselves in is
Speaker 1: deeply worrisome. Our president, who has not found it worthy
Speaker 1: to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
Speaker 1: traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse,
Speaker 1: often departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
Speaker 1: The Presidency had in a statement on Wednesday, said that
Speaker 1: President Bola Tanubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August fourteenth
Speaker 1: for a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The
Speaker 1: President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before
Speaker 1: proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tanubu will attend the
Speaker 1: ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in
Speaker 1: the city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two
Speaker 1: with the theme co Create Innovative Solutions with Africa. TICAD
Speaker 1: nine will focus on Africa's economic transformation and improvements in
Speaker 1: the business environment and institutions through private investment and innovation.
Speaker 1: It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society
Speaker 1: for human security, peace and STAB. In addition to attending
Speaker 1: cleanery sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian
Speaker 1: President will hold by lateral meetings and meet the chief
Speaker 1: executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria.
Speaker 1: Initiated in nineteen ninety three by the Japanese government and
Speaker 1: co hosted by the United Nations UNDP, the African Union Commission,
Speaker 1: and the World Bank. TICAD is a triennial conference held
Speaker 1: alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took place
Speaker 1: in August twenty twenty two in Tunisia. The forum fosters
Speaker 1: high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.
Speaker 1: At the end of the TICAD nine, President Tanubu will
Speaker 1: leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil,
Speaker 1: on a two day state visit from Sunday, August twenty
Speaker 1: fourth to Monday August twenty fifth. This follows an invitation
Speaker 1: by the Brazilian President Luis Aetio lu La da Silva.
Speaker 1: While in Brazil, President Danubu will hold a bilateral meeting
Speaker 1: with his host and attender business forum with Brazilian investors.
Speaker 1: His delegation, comprising key ministers and senior officials, will explore
Speaker 1: opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memoranda of
Speaker 1: understanding maus with the Brazilian government. Bao on Anuga, special
Speaker 1: Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, stated on
Speaker 1: August thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Peter Hoby, the Labor Party
Speaker 1: presidential candidate in the last concluded general elections in the
Speaker 1: West Africa country, in a statement on Thursday, said again,
Speaker 1: our president moves as the nation bleeds amid the deplorable
Speaker 1: state of our nation in all ramifications. We have a
Speaker 1: virtually indifferent president who has continued to display insensitivity to
Speaker 1: our situation. How can anyone explain that a president who
Speaker 1: came from Brazil recently and met with the President is
Speaker 1: returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of
Speaker 1: challenges at home unresolved. The latest itinery of the president
Speaker 1: shows he will depart Abouja on Thursday, August fourteenth for
Speaker 1: a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The President
Speaker 1: will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding
Speaker 1: to Japan. In Japan, President Danubu will attend the ninth
Speaker 1: Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in the
Speaker 1: city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two. The
Speaker 1: itinery is silent on the president's return date to his
Speaker 1: visibly troubled nation. The situation we find ourselves in is
Speaker 1: deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy
Speaker 1: to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
Speaker 1: traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitationer excuse, often
Speaker 1: departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
Speaker 1: In his last trip, for instance, he had a one
Speaker 1: week six state visit to Saint Lucio before attending the
Speaker 1: Brick's Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer,
Speaker 1: though the role was dressed up as partner to the invitation,
Speaker 1: which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries
Speaker 1: who attended only arrived a day or two at most
Speaker 1: for the event. Nigeria's insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human
Speaker 1: suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among
Speaker 1: the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the
Speaker 1: hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the
Speaker 1: full attention of mister President, and his travels should be
Speaker 1: more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on
Speaker 1: the ground and taking decisive action to alleviate the people's suffering,
Speaker 1: rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no
Speaker 1: tangible value to our nation's woes, and where the trip
Speaker 1: is necessary at all, it could be attended in just
Speaker 1: a few days, rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences
Speaker 1: from a country that requires twenty four seven attention. What
Speaker 1: our nation needs now is security of lives and properties,
Speaker 1: economic stability, and ensuring that our people have food on
Speaker 1: their table. Our presidents plan trip of twelve days departing
Speaker 1: to day if necessary, should have been at most of
Speaker 1: five day trip as the event he was invited to
Speaker 1: in Japan commences on the twentieth. Nigeria to Day demands
Speaker 1: competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with
Speaker 1: the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required.
Speaker 1: Mister President must, as a matter of urgency, commence towards
Speaker 1: of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for
Speaker 1: jetting out of the country every month. These visits will
Speaker 1: enable him to see, listen, and learn more about what
Speaker 1: Nigerians are going through. Though Nigerians know that our huge
Speaker 1: problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see one
Speaker 1: hundred percent effort and tireless commitment to solving them. Most importantly,
Speaker 1: our President must know that he's not a tourist but
Speaker 1: the chief executive of a troubled nation, so he must
Speaker 1: have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict traveling schedule
Speaker 1: to show that he has a troubled country to quickly
Speaker 1: return to Gingi Ingim. Federal Government of Nigeria under the
Speaker 1: leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner
Speaker 1: of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the
Speaker 1: one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police
Speaker 1: Force may have wrongly instituted against a Nibom air passenger,
Speaker 1: Comfort Emanson, who was seen in viral videos retaliating and
Speaker 1: defending herself physically after a group of Ibam air personnel
Speaker 1: and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her
Speaker 1: to action. The FG position on the issue was made
Speaker 1: known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kamo in
Speaker 1: a press release the Minister signed and made available few
Speaker 1: minutes ago. Although Festus Kmo reversed his self and acknowledged
Speaker 1: that the issue was a case of confrontation between the
Speaker 1: twenty six years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines,
Speaker 1: who in The new press release admitted that the staff
Speaker 1: of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport Authority team acted wrongly,
Speaker 1: but the minister did not state how the attacked passenger
Speaker 1: would be compensated, most especially when her chest sexual organs
Speaker 1: were seemed to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom
Speaker 1: Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with
Speaker 1: obvious intention to expose the passenger's nakedness. The action of
Speaker 1: the Federal government may ease the tension among millions of
Speaker 1: people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force our aiding
Speaker 1: and a vetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to
Speaker 1: attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is
Speaker 1: also identified as Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement
Speaker 1: of Ibom Air management, who in their first press relief
Speaker 1: diast made statement that seems to have some level of
Speaker 1: deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win
Speaker 1: undue public sentiments manipulate the Nigeria Police forced to help
Speaker 1: them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate
Speaker 1: caught to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically,
Speaker 1: Ibom Air stated in her first press released that shortly
Speaker 1: after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited
Speaker 1: for every other passenger on board the plane to disembark,
Speaker 1: and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the plane hostesses,
Speaker 1: Juliana Edward. The IBOM Air management described as purser, stepped
Speaker 1: on her forcibly, tore off her wig, removed her glasses
Speaker 1: and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear
Speaker 1: to assault her. She slapped her several times, and when
Speaker 1: the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped
Speaker 1: her too. She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire
Speaker 1: extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could
Speaker 1: have damaged and grounded the aircraft. Soon after the IBOM
Speaker 1: Air management released the statement on Monday, her video surfaced
Speaker 1: on the Internet that probably invalidated the statement of the
Speaker 1: IBOM Air management and stood out as an acceptable evidence
Speaker 1: that the management of IBOMB eer people who may be
Speaker 1: rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling
Speaker 1: lies as a way of managing crisis and handling difficult
Speaker 1: customers relations, has seen in the viral video that surfaced
Speaker 1: the internet after the apparent falsehood of Ibom Air Management.
Speaker 1: The attacked passenger was seen politely telling the air hostess
Speaker 1: Juliana Edward to leave the doorway so that she can
Speaker 1: disembark from the plane. The senior aggressor in this matter,
Speaker 1: the air Hostess Juliana Edward, refused to yield to the
Speaker 1: appeal of the passenger, and IBOM Air Management in their
Speaker 1: first press release, confirmed that the air hostess Juliana Edward
Speaker 1: deliberately blocked the doorway to prevent the passenger from disembarking
Speaker 1: the aircraft, and in the viral video, the attached wighair
Speaker 1: on the head of the air hostess was still seen
Speaker 1: on her head and intact while the passenger was telling
Speaker 1: her to leave the doorway so that she can pass. Obviously,
Speaker 1: this is in contrary to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted
Speaker 1: and stated in black and white by the Ibom Air
Speaker 1: management that the air hostess attached wig hair was destroyed
Speaker 1: by the passenger without provocation. Also, the attached wig hair
Speaker 1: on the passenger head and the jacket she was putting
Speaker 1: on were still intact as at the time she was
Speaker 1: telling the apparent aggressor the air hostess to leave the
Speaker 1: door and another viral video later showed both the air
Speaker 1: hostess and the passenger dragging at the point of the
Speaker 1: plane divider cotton and at this time, as seen in
Speaker 1: the video, both the passenger and air hostess wig hair
Speaker 1: were pulled off, including the passenger jacket she was putting
Speaker 1: on to cover her body completely. The natural hair on
Speaker 1: their heads could now be seen as they continued to
Speaker 1: drag each other at the plane doorway, and IBOM Air management,
Speaker 1: in trying to seemly win undue public sentiments, raised up
Speaker 1: a dead issue of a minor quarrel the passenger had
Speaker 1: with the air hostess and co passenger over the passenger
Speaker 1: alleged initial refusal to switch off her phone during the
Speaker 1: plane take off at Uyo Airport. The IBOM Air management
Speaker 1: in the press release confirmed that the minor quarrel the
Speaker 1: passenger had with the air hostess and co passenger over
Speaker 1: switching off phone at Uyo Airport was already a dead
Speaker 1: issue and the action of the passenger never led to
Speaker 1: threat of aviation safety or violation of aviation safety procedures. Hence,
Speaker 1: the passenger was not the plane at Uyo Airport, but
Speaker 1: we don't know why the management of Ibom Air decided
Speaker 1: to advertise and bring up the minor quarrel as a
Speaker 1: way to seemly win public sentiments to cover up the
Speaker 1: true picture of a separate event that occurred between the
Speaker 1: passenger and the air hostess when the plane landed at
Speaker 1: Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria Police Force in the five
Speaker 1: count charges filed against the passenger at the Akeja Magistrate
Speaker 1: Court in Lagos State, did not state or even mention
Speaker 1: the event that occurred at Uyo Airport before the plane
Speaker 1: took off. Announcing them withdrawal day early morning, the Nigeria
Speaker 1: Minister of Aviation, Festus Kmo said and in quotes that
Speaker 1: one in the last forty eight hours, I have been
Speaker 1: in consultation with critical stakeholders in the aviation sector and
Speaker 1: those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviors
Speaker 1: of certain individuals at our airports of recent two. Though regrettable,
Speaker 1: we think valuable lessons have been learned by all sides
Speaker 1: to these incidents, and airport security protocol especially have been
Speaker 1: well highlighted for the traveling public. If nothing at all,
Speaker 1: the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public awareness about
Speaker 1: appropriate conduct within the aviation space. Three. As highlighted in
Speaker 1: my previous statements on the last two incidents, clear wrongs
Speaker 1: were committed by both the offending passengers and staff of
Speaker 1: the airlines involved. From all the evidence available to us
Speaker 1: in those available to the public, it is clear that
Speaker 1: all the actors involved cannot continue to highlight the injury
Speaker 1: or injustice done to them without acknowledging their own equal culpability. Five. Therefore,
Speaker 1: after reviewing the entire incidents, including appeals made by well
Speaker 1: meaning individuals and remorse shown by the actors, the following
Speaker 1: decisions have been reached. A. In the case of the
Speaker 1: unruly passenger comfort Emnson on the Ibom Airline on Sunday,
Speaker 1: the tenth of August twenty twenty five, I have conferred
Speaker 1: with Ibom Airline to withdraw the complaint against her. Today,
Speaker 1: when the police took her statement in presence of her lawyer,
Speaker 1: she exhibited great remorse for her conduct. B. Subsequent to
Speaker 1: the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant, the CP
Speaker 1: of Airport Command and the Police Prosecutor will immediately take
Speaker 1: the remaining steps to facilitate her release from Kirikiri Prisons.
Speaker 1: Within this week. C I have also conferred with the
Speaker 1: leadership of the Airline Operators of Nigeria AON and have
Speaker 1: appealed to them to lift the lifetime flying ban imposed
Speaker 1: on her, to which they agreed. The details of the
Speaker 1: resolution will be made public by the AON subsequently d
Speaker 1: In the case of quam Ie, the NC Double A
Speaker 1: is to reduce his flag ban to a one month period.
Speaker 1: FAAAN will also work with the music star with a
Speaker 1: view to engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport
Speaker 1: security protocol going forward. E having publicly demonstrated penitence. The
Speaker 1: NC Double A is also to withdraw its criminal complaints
Speaker 1: against quam one earlier lodged with the police f In
Speaker 1: the case of Captain Olerantiagoye and the co pilot First
Speaker 1: Officer Ivan Oliver of Valujet, the NC Double A is
Speaker 1: to restore their licenses after the same period of one
Speaker 1: month ban after undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal. The details
Speaker 1: will be announced by the NC Double A. Six. I
Speaker 1: have directed all relevant aviation agencies, in collaboration with other
Speaker 1: complementary agencies outside aviation, to immediately begin a retreat next
Speaker 1: week to properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel
Speaker 1: on how to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and
Speaker 1: how to escalate potentially explosive situations. The retreat will be
Speaker 1: fully covered by the press with the opportunity to ask
Speaker 1: all the relevant questions. The airlines will also have their
Speaker 1: own session when the conduct and attitude of their staff
Speaker 1: towards members of the travelling public will be in full focus. Eight.
Speaker 1: These above decisions were taken by government and the airline
Speaker 1: operators purely on compassionate grounds, as Government will never pander
Speaker 1: to base sentiments, politically motivated views or warped legal opinions
Speaker 1: when clear encroachment of our laws are involved. Nine. We
Speaker 1: are also sending a clear message that we take safety
Speaker 1: and security in the aviation sector very seriously and we
Speaker 1: have decided to draw a line after these clements. Nigeria
Speaker 1: Police Force, in the five count charges filed against the
Speaker 1: female passenger of IBOM are stated that count one that
Speaker 1: you comfort Bob on the ten day of August twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five, at about fourteen thirty hours while on board
Speaker 1: IBAM aircraft number s nb x P parked of Matala
Speaker 1: Mohammad Airport, Terminal two m m A two per Keja
Speaker 1: in the Alkeja Magisterial District, did behave in an unruly
Speaker 1: and disorderly manner by shouting on top of your voice,
Speaker 1: abusing and assaulting the flight crew, and refusing to disembark
Speaker 1: from the aircraft after landing, and thereby committed an offense
Speaker 1: contrary two Section four one unpunishable under Section four two
Speaker 1: of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria f a A N
Speaker 1: by Law two thousand and five, count two, that you
Speaker 1: can fort Bob on the same date, time and place
Speaker 1: in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Juliana Edward
Speaker 1: by slapping and hitting her cheeks with your right hand,
Speaker 1: and thereby commeted an offense contrary to Section one hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy one a b unpunishable under Section one hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy two of the Criminal Law of Legos, State
Speaker 1: of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count three, that you comfort Bob
Speaker 1: on the same date and place at about fourteen fifty
Speaker 1: hours in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Joppam
Speaker 1: Sagon by hitting her face with your slippers, and thereby
Speaker 1: committed an o'flin's contrary to section one hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: one a b unpunishable under section one hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: two of the Criminal Law of Lagos, State of Nigeria,
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, count four, that you comfort Bob on the
Speaker 1: same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district,
Speaker 1: did wilfully damage the aircraft divide a cotton value two thousand,
Speaker 1: five hundred U S dollars two thousand, five hundred dollars
Speaker 1: belonging too Ibom Airline, and thereby committed an offense contrary
Speaker 1: to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of the
Speaker 1: Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count five,
Speaker 1: that you comfort Bob on the same date, time and
Speaker 1: place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did wilfully damaged one
Speaker 1: raided whig by dragging and tearing the whig valued one
Speaker 1: hundred and ten thousand naira one hundred and ten thousand
Speaker 1: niras belonging to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense
Speaker 1: contrary to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of
Speaker 1: the Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: The Ibom Air management, in a press release issued on
Speaker 1: Monday entitled Incident involving an unruly Passenger on August tenth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, said and in quotes that Iboma Air
Speaker 1: confirms that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an
Speaker 1: incident occurred on board hour Uyo Langos flight involving a passenger,
Speaker 1: Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the
Speaker 1: safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff
Speaker 1: from Muyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard aviation
Speaker 1: safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone. She blundly
Speaker 1: refused to comply until the pilot in command made an announcement,
Speaker 1: after which a fellow passenger seated beside her took the
Speaker 1: phone and switched it off. This action prompted a verbal
Speaker 1: tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually calmed and the
Speaker 1: flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited
Speaker 1: for all other passengers to disembark and then proceeded to
Speaker 1: confront the purser who had earlier instructed her. She walked
Speaker 1: up to the unsuspecting purser stepped on her forcibly tore
Speaker 1: off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it the
Speaker 1: four and used her footwear to assault her. She slapped
Speaker 1: her several times, and when the other cabin crew member
Speaker 1: tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She then attempted
Speaker 1: to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon,
Speaker 1: an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft.
Speaker 1: By this time, the pilot in command had alerted airport security.
Speaker 1: Before security could arrive, the purser, as seen on the
Speaker 1: viral video on the Internet, prevented the passenger from leaving
Speaker 1: the aircraft until security arrived. The arrival of Hibom Air
Speaker 1: security personnel did not deter the passenger, as she attacked
Speaker 1: him as well, lashing out violently at the security personnel.
Speaker 1: She was then restrained and removed from the aircraft by force.
Speaker 1: Even after disembarking, she continued to assault Hibom Air security
Speaker 1: personnel and even slapped the ground supervisor. The passenger was
Speaker 1: removed from the ramp and taken into custody by FAAM
Speaker 1: Security an handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for
Speaker 1: further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted a report on
Speaker 1: the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and placed
Speaker 1: a travel restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be
Speaker 1: permitted to fly on any of our aircraft. Ibom Air
Speaker 1: reiterates its zero tolerance policy towards any form of unruly
Speaker 1: or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew
Speaker 1: or equipment. Such behavior will be met with the strongest
Speaker 1: possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from our services.
Speaker 1: We commend the bravery and professionalism of our crew in
Speaker 1: handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances, as well as
Speaker 1: the swift support from airport's security and the Nigeria Police.
Speaker 1: Safety remains our highest priority. We urge all passengers to
Speaker 1: comply with crew instructions at all times for the safety,
Speaker 1: security and comfort of everyone on board. Had reported that
Speaker 1: the Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Kamo says the Ministry has
Speaker 1: directed for the aviation staff who released the video footage
Speaker 1: containing the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson
Speaker 1: or Bob Scene in an indecent appearance with her chest
Speaker 1: sexual organs exposed. After the passenger shirt was torn by
Speaker 1: an Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen in
Speaker 1: the viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the
Speaker 1: aircraft following an act of confrontation between the passenger and
Speaker 1: Ibom Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the
Speaker 1: right of way of the passenger and prevented the passenger
Speaker 1: from disembarking from the plane, and after countless warning to
Speaker 1: the airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger went
Speaker 1: physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,
Speaker 1: which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the
Speaker 1: alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which Ibom Airlines
Speaker 1: valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as stated in
Speaker 1: count five of the five count charges the police filed
Speaker 1: against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.
Speaker 1: We had reported that a careful study of the viral
Speaker 1: video involving the Ibom Airline personnel, Legos Airport security operatives
Speaker 1: and an aggrieved passenger comfort emnson on board the airline
Speaker 1: plane on Sunday indicated that while the enraged passenger was
Speaker 1: being dragged off the plane by three men who held
Speaker 1: her two hands and legs, suspending her a little bit
Speaker 1: on the air. A lady putting on Ibom air corporate clothes,
Speaker 1: who was behind the camera lens, could be seen in
Speaker 1: the video to have approached the passenger at the door
Speaker 1: point of the plane while the passenger was about to
Speaker 1: be taking out, apparently dipped her hand towards the waist
Speaker 1: part of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers,
Speaker 1: grabbed and pulled the passenger's shirt towards her head, and
Speaker 1: in the process, the passenger shirt got tore and the
Speaker 1: passenger's chest, sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed.
Speaker 1: The action of the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate,
Speaker 1: as the airline female staff was not part of those
Speaker 1: dragging the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female
Speaker 1: passenger's body was exposed, the Ibom Airlines female staff never
Speaker 1: joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger
Speaker 1: off the plane. This indicated that the motive of the
Speaker 1: female staff of Ibom Airline was solely to remove the
Speaker 1: passenger shirt and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridiculesdi
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