The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a female traveller, who has been identified as Mrs Favour Igiebor, destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The NIS spokesperson, Kenneth Udo, who confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said that the individual had been identified and invited for further investigation.
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According to Udo, if the allegations are substantiated, the individual’s actions breached the provisions of Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), with corresponding penalties outlined under Section 10(h) of the same Act.
Udo reiterated the commitment of the Service to upholding the provisions of the Immigration Act in the interest of national security and preserving the dignity and integrity of the nation’s legal instruments.
BRANDPOWER reports that any individual who contravenes this section of the law is guilty of an offence and can face a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and/or a fine of.
The woman in the eye of the storm, identified as Mrs. Favour Igiebor, who was seen in a viral video tearing her husband’s passport has shared her side of the story.
According to her, she has been bearing a lot in the marriage and had to act for herself.
Mrs Igiebor cautioned people who watched the video and judged her based on the short clip not to jump to conclusions without asking relevant questions as to what must have led her into such action.
She said, “The issue has been going on for a very long time, I have just been dancing to the tune till I arrive in my motherland Nigeria, and I did what I did.
“You have to ask what happened, don’t just look at the action alone, I am not a mad woman, who would just come and act like that. I have my reasons, I have gone through many things.
“When it gets to your neck, you have to act. I didn’t want to make him go through a lot of stress, that’s why I waited till we got to Nigeria to do it rather than Europe where I could have done it. Don’t make comments without knowing what happened. I have gone through a lot of family issues here and there.
“I cannot be suffering, I suffered with him, and just like that, they want my suffering to be chartered away just like that.
“Is it till when I die, will you people know this woman did not speak out? Actions speak louder than words, I gave him my action, to know I have been bearing it.”
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