Court Archives - Aviation metric

Disruptive passenger charged to court, remanded in Kirikiri prison

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Comfort Emmanson, the passenger who assaulted airline officials on an Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, has reportedly been charged to court. Tunde Moshood, the special adviser on media and communications to the minister of aviation and aerospace development, said Emmanson is remanded in Kirikiri correctional facility. Moshood spoke in a post on X on Monday — shortly after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said enforcement action will soon become more frequent…

Court Refuses EFCC Evidence In Arik Air N76bn Aircraft, Property Sales Case

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by Wole Shadare

A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday has refused to admit the evidence produced in court by the witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing fraud trial leveled against the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Kuru. The EFCC had accused the defendants of defrauding Arik Air of N76 billion and $31.5 million. Aside from Kuru, four others had been dragged before…