The Nigeria Immigration Service has summoned a woman for questioning after she was filmed apparently tearing up her husband’s passport at Lagos airport in a video which has been widely shared on social media.<\/p>\n
The woman, identified as Favour Igiebor, was seen shouting at her husband in the video while pieces of the Nigerian passport lay on the floor.<\/p>\n
She had returned from Europe alongside her husband and children and landed at the Murtala Mohammed airport where the incident happened in front of dozens of other travellers.<\/p>\n
“I tore it,” she was heard admitting.<\/p>\n
The authorities said in a statement they were looking into the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched formal investigation, following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveler [sic] destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe individual involved has been identified as Mrs. Favour Igiebor,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
It noted that destroying the country\u2019s passport was a criminal offence, which could be punished by up to a year in prison.<\/p>\n