The
Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, is not finding the post that singer,
David Adeleke, aka Davido, released last week, where he accused some
officers of the service of demanding bribe from him and that they made
him miss his flight to London.
But
in a swift reaction, the Public Relations department of the service has
come out to clear the air on the whole issue, and instead label the Skelewu creator as rude and unruly.
According to the NIS Public Relations Officer, Emeka Obua,
According to the NIS Public Relations Officer, Emeka Obua,
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 December 14, 2009 and valid till
December 14, 2019.
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.
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
(later) 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 passport was endorsed and the artiste then proceeded on his trip.
This
behaviour of Adeleke is quiet 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.
We believe you sir!
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