Ibom Air passenger removed from plane after causing disturbance, protesting against Tinubu’s inauguration

A Lagos bound Ibom Air flight from Abuja airport was delayed for over an hour yesterday evening after a commotion created on board by a middle-aged man who declared that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must not be sworn in as President.

According to reports, the man stood in the middle of the plane and raised his voice, stating that Tinubu must never be sworn in, adding that there would be “war” if that happened.

The man, who hasn’t been named was said to have caused disturbances to other passengers aboard the Ibom Air flight following his lone protest that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, must never be sworn in on May 29, 2023.

Irked by his comments, the crew on the plane immediately alerted the airport security authorities who evacuated him after holding up the aircraft for more than an hour.

In one of the video clips of the incident that has now gone viral online, the middle-aged man can be seen in a struggle with no fewer than six airport security officers who wanted to evacuate him after holding up the aircraft for more than an hour.

The incident caused the flight, scheduled to take off at 6pm, to still be grounded as of 7pm.

In the video, the protesting passenger could be heard shouting as he was being dragged off the aisle, “Obidients you’re here. They are doing this to me. Obidients you’re here, I am naked. Obidients you’re here, I am going naked.”

Another clip of the incident showed when the man was arguing with other passengers that had challenged him for staging such a protest aboard a flight when he could have approached the court for redress.

But he doubled down by saying, “I’m a PhD holder in Law and I will still say what I’m saying,” to which one of the passengers replied by telling him to ” go to the court, this is not a court.”