The husband of Mrs. Favour Igiebor has disclosed that his wife did not tear his international passport as widely reported.
Clarifying the incident, the man who featured in a viral video, said they were only acting a skit.
In his latest video shared on the family’s Instagram page, the man begged Nigerians for understanding and forgiveness.
He said: “What my wife tore is not a passport, she never tore my passport, she never spoilt my passport, we are doing a skit, this is somebody’s story of what happened that we are passing to the world. But I didn’t even know it would go viral.
“Please, I’m begging everybody, this is not a passport, my passport is intact. Nobody should drag this thing to the mud.
“We are sorry, we cannot defile the law of Nigeria, we are full bonafide Nigerians, we cannot go against the law by destroying the passport of Nigeria, it is not possible.”
Following the initial outcry, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, had launched a formal investigation.
A video had shown Mrs Igiebor destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport of her husband at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
‘It’s skit’ – Man whose wife tore his passport at airport begs Nigerians
