A few days ago, Davido
tweeted that he missed
his flight to London
because of immigration
officers who were
harassing him at the
Murtala Mohammed
International Airport,
Ikeja because of money.
The Nigerian Immigration
Service has responded to
Davido's claims.
In a statement released
today by the NIS Public
Relations Officer, Emeka
Obua, they said Davido
had approached
immigration officers at
MMIA on the fateful day
with the intention of
travelling out of the
country and presented a
US passport number
460918874 issued at
Georgia on Dec. 14, 2009
and valid till December
14, 2019.
It explained that the
officer that attended to
him drew his attention to
the fact that his US
passport had no Nigerian
visa on it with which he
would have been
admitted into the country,
and Davido reportedly
responded that he had a
Nigerian passport but
forgot it at home.
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The statement said,
"The officer now informed
him that he should go
and bring the Nigerian
passport to convince him
that he did not enter
Nigeria illegally with a
foreign passport without
visa. Adeleke started
arguing with the officer,
who had to refer the case
to his superiors and the
verdict was that he could
not make the trip unless
he produced the said
Nigerian passport.
"Livid with anger,
Adeleke, in company with
his bodyguards, started
protesting in a disorderly
manner, prompting the
Comptroller of
Immigration in-charge at
MMIA to intervene. He
advised Adeleke to call his
bodyguards to order
(caution) and comply with
the lawful instruction
which would not only
erase any doubt as to his
immigration status but
also establish his claim to
dual citizenship."
Davido was said to have
left and on the following
day produced his Nigerian
e-passport with number
A02227477 issued at
Abuja on August13, 2010
and valid till August 12,
2015.
The NIS stated that the
passport was endorsed
and the artiste then
proceeded on his trip.
The statement added,
"This behaviour of
Adeleke is quite
unfortunate. One would
ordinarily have expected
some form of
commendation from him
for the professional
manner the officers, who
attended to him,
conducted themselves
especially in saving him
from embarrassment at
some international port of
entry by ensuring that his
passport is endorsed as is
the law and practice in
Nigeria .
"The intention of this
statement is not to to join
issues with Mr. Adeleke
but to set the facts of the
incident, as it happened at
MMIA on the said day
straight."
Source: Punch
Title : NIGERIA IMMIGRATION REACTS TO DAVIDO'S CLAIMS OF HARASSMENT BY THEIR OFFICER
Description : A few days ago, Davido
tweeted that he missed
his flight to London
because of immigration
officers who were
harassing him at the
Murta...
