The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), said that it has commenced a formal investigation into 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.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the NIS Spokesperson, Kenneth Udo, and made available today .
Udo said that the individual involved has been identified as Mrs. Favour Igiebor, holding passport number A11990869.
“The Comptroller General of Immigration has directed that Mrs. Favour Igiebor be invited for further investigation.
“If the allegations are substantiated, the statement notes that her action would constitute a breach of Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), with corresponding penalties outlined under Section 10(h) of the same Act”, he added.
Udo reiterated that the “Nigeria Immigration Service remains steadfast in its commitment to upholding the provisions of the Immigration Act in the interest of national security and to preserve the dignity and integrity of the nation’s legal instruments”
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