NIS probes woman for destroying husband’s passport at Lagos Airport
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has initiated an investigation into an incident that occurred at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, where a woman reportedly destroyed her husband’s passport.
This development was confirmed in a statement released on Sunday, 11th August, by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo.
The incident gained widespread attention after a video went viral on social media on the same day, showing the woman, identified as Igiebor, angrily tearing up her husband’s passport shortly after the couple arrived in the country.
The video also captured the commotion that ensued at the airport as the altercation unfolded.
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Reacting to the situation, the NIS announced, “We have launched a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveller destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.”
The NIS further emphasized that tampering with official documents, especially international passports, is a serious offence under Nigerian law. It cited Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), which prohibits the willful destruction of Nigerian travel documents.
The agency reaffirmed its commitment to upholding the rule of law, safeguarding national security, and preserving the integrity of Nigeria’s legal and diplomatic instruments.
Reacting to the outrage that trailed her action in a video by @JejojaFamily TV, the woman defended her actions, citing long-standing marital issues and claiming she acted out of frustration upon returning to Nigeria.
She said she had wanted to tear the passport when they were in Europe but she didn’t want to stress her husband.
Her words: “These issues have been going on for a very long time. I was just dancing to the tune till I arrived (in) my motherland Nigeria which just happened and I did what I did.”
She expressed frustration over social media criticisms that had trailed her action and urged people to consider the underlying reasons behind her actions.
“I am not a mad woman who would just come and act like that. I have my reasons. I have gone through so many things. So many of you just commenting on the video, I am seeing so many comments, and friends calling me. Those that have never called me for ages are calling me, those that have heard from me 20 years ago are calling me. I am not like that.
“So many of you commenting, what if I had done this thing in Europe where we were coming from? Because I don’t want him to go through a lot of stress, that’s why I did it in Nigeria.
“So I don’t care about what people are writing because if you don’t know what is happening, don’t just comment on what you don’t know. You have to know how to come into an issue. So many people at the airport that day saw me. Those who have thinking faculty were calm to ask me, wanting to know what happened,” she said.
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