The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has formally commenced investigating the video that has been making rounds on social media about a woman who tore her husband’s international passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
This announcement was made on Monday, August 12 in a press statement signed by DCI Kenneth Udo, the service’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The circulating video on social media showed a female traveler destroying her husband’s passport.
It was said that the woman and her husband had arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos together and had a dispute which resulted in her action.
It is not immediately clear what the issue of disagreement between the husband and his wife could have been to have warranted the obviously angry woman tearing the husband's travel document.
After the woman had torn the travel document into shreds, she was heard telling her husband that 'this is Nigeria', as the man made attempts to pick up the torn pieces of the Nigerian passport.
According to the press statement, Mr Udo confirmed that the lady involved had been identified and summoned for further inquiry.
The Public Relations Officer said "If the allegation happens to be confirmed, her actions would violate Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), with corresponding penalties outlined in Section 10(h) of the same Act
Continuing, Udo said "The Nigerian Immigration Service remains steadfast in its obligation in retaining the Immigration Act to ensure national security and to maintain the dignity and integrity of the nation's legal documents and instruments."
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The Nigerian passport continues to lag behind and this limits the citizen's freedom to visit and explore countries of their desire.
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