Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger who caused a stir at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Sunday, has begun her stay at the female wing of the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.

Naijaonpoint reports that she was brought in by officers of the Airport Police Command around 6:30 pm on Monday with a remand order set to lapse on October 6.

Prison sources told Vanguard that the 26-year-old student was calm and showed little emotion on arrival.

The source said, “When she was brought in yesterday (Monday), she was classified as a first time offender and kept separate from other inmates. She didn’t really show any emotions here but she came with her luggage.

“Since she is not a government official and also not a well-known individual, she did not qualify as a very important person. She might have been known for the fracas at the airport, but our classification here doesn’t qualify her as a VIP.

“During her admission process handled by our senior official, she was briefed on the rules and regulations of the female prison. She was also given an option of skills available in the prison that she can learn.

“We have schools and vocational training here. Even if someone is staying for just a week or a month, they don’t remain idle in a cell, they are encouraged to learn something.

“In the past, these opportunities were only for convicted inmates, but now we also offer them to those awaiting trial, whose numbers are far higher than the convicted population.”

Asked if the inmate had received any visitors since she was brought in, the source disclosed that a few people had visited her the previous day.

The source, however, refused to disclose the identity of the visitors, saying it is against prison rules to do so.

The source said, “It is within her right to receive visitors, and one or two persons visited her yesterday. I don’t know if they are her relatives but it is also against rules here to disclose the identity of visitors.”

Another source also informed Vanguard late yesterday that officials at the female prison have been instructed not to disclose information about Comfort’s stay in the facility.