NOA: Prosecution of Woman Who Tore Passport Will Serve as a Deterrent
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| NOA: Prosecution of Woman Who Tore Passport Will Serve as a Deterrent |
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has stated that prosecuting the woman who allegedly tore her husband’s Nigerian passport will serve as a deterrent to others.
On Saturday, videos of Favour Igiebor tearing up her husband’s international passport at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos went viral on social media.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has since launched a formal investigation into the incident.
In a statement on Monday, Paul Odenyi, deputy director at NOA, quoted Lanre Issa-Onilu, the agency's director-general (DG), condemning Igiebor’s actions.
Issa-Onilu described the mutilation of the passport as an assault on the symbol and identity of Nigeria.
The NOA DG stated that the agency would support the NIS in “investigating and prosecuting such breaches in line with Section 10 (B) of the Immigration Act 2015 as a deterrent to those who may willfully damage an important national symbol.”
He urged Nigerians to “continue to show respect for national symbols as part of our patriotic commitment to national development.”
“The international passport issued by the Nigerian Immigration Service is the property of the federal government, and no person who has the privilege of owning one should abuse or damage it under any circumstances,” the statement reads.
“What the lady has done is a grievous assault on our collective assets and a dent on the symbol of our identity as a nation.”
Section 10(b) of the Nigerian Immigration Act of 2015 states that “a person who unlawfully alters, tampers with, or mutilates any passport or any pages thereof, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of ten years or a fine of Two Million Naira or both.”
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