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An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos, has discharged Comfort Emmanson, an Ibom Air passenger accused of unruly behaviour and assaulting airline and airport officials.
Presiding Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami struck out the five-count charge against Emmanson after the police formally applied for the case’s withdrawal.
The Airport Police Command had on Monday, August 11, arraigned Ms. Emmanson on charges of disrupting peace on board a flight, assaulting a crew member, and conducting herself in a manner likely to breach public order. She pleaded not guilty at the time.
However, during Wednesday’s proceedings, Police Prosecutor Oluwabunmi Adeitan told the court that the complainant and the airline were no longer interested in pursuing the matter. She said she had been instructed by police authorities to withdraw the case.
The magistrate granted the application and ordered Emmanson’s discharge.
