Passport tearing saga: Its a skit – Couple admits, apologizes

The man, whose wife, Favour Igiebor, allegedly tore his international passport at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos State has apologized and asked Nigerians for forgiveness.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the husband, Mr Igiebor tendered the apology on Wednesday on behalf of the wife via a video posted to the TikTok profile of the couple, known as jejoja family tv (@jeollzcpaw7).

In the video, the man said what his wife tore was not his passport but cardboard paper, adding that it was a skit depicting what they witnessed themselves.

“I am here with my kids to send a message of appeal to Nigerians and the whole world that what my wife tore is not my passport.

“She never tore my passport. My passport is intact. We were doing a skit. Its a skit. This is somebody’s story of what happened that we were passing to the world.

“We never knew it will go to the extent that blogs will now take it to another standard. The immigration has seen my passport that my passport is intact.

“We say sorry to the Nigeria Immigration Service. We cannot defy the laws of Nigeria. We are full bonafide Nigerians and we cannot go against the law by destroying the passport of Nigeria. Its not possible.

“I have my passport in full. The immigration officers saw it. If we committed and offence by doing that skit, to the immigration officers, to the Comptroller General of Immigration, we are sorry.

“We are sorry for this. It is a prank video and nothing more than that. It is a cardboard paper my wife tore, not passport,” Mr Igiebor said.

TNG reports the apology is coming Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced that it was investigating the incident and has invited the woman for questioning.

Recall the couple, along with their three children, arrived from a European country on Saturday, causing a scene that quickly went viral on social media.

When questioned about her actions, the agitated woman responded, “Is it your passport?”

In an interview,  the woman had explained that she destroyed her husband’s passport because he had caused her nothing but pain throughout their marriage.

She stated that she initially wanted to tear the passport in their originating European country but decided against it to avoid causing her husband further stress.

Advertisement