Immigration Invites Woman Who Tore Husband’s Passport for Questioning

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has invited Favour Igiebor, a woman who publicly tore her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at the weekend.

A video recording of the scene created by the angry Igiebor at the airport in the presence of airport staff and passengers surfaced on social media on Saturday.

The NIS subsequently issued a statement confirming that an investigation has commenced on the matter while the woman remains in its custody.

Over the same incident, the NIS had issued two separate responses signed by K.T. Udo, Service Public Relations Officer, saying the matter was being investigated as specified by the Immigration Act 2015.

reporters observed that the first statement, issued on Sunday, specifically mentioned the woman’s name and her passport number.

Curiously, the NIS deleted that statement and issued another one in which it left out Igiebor’s name and passport number without giving any reason for taking it down.

A part of the first statement read, “The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveler destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMAI), Lagos. The individual has been identified as Mrs. Favour Igiebor, holding passport number A11990869,” Udo said in the first statement.

Igiebor has come out to justify her action, blaming people for condemning her action without hearing her side of the story. She spoke via her Instagram handle.

Subsection 7 of the Criminal Code Act says that “(7) If the property in question is a document which is deposited or kept in a public office, or which is evidence of title to any land or estate in land, the offender is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.”