The Nigerian Immigration Service said it followed due process in issuing passport to David Nwamina, the young man allegedly trafficked to the U.K for organ harvesting by the Ekweremadus.
In a statement on Sunday by the acting Comptroller-General of Immigration, Idris Jere, the service agency claimed that David paid for his passport through the portal and was interviewed in Abuja.
“The facts of the matter concerning the case above, therefore, are that the said Mr David Ukpo Nwamina applied and paid for the Enhanced e-passport using the NIS portal after which he approached the Gwagwalada Passport Office, FCT Abuja, on November 2, 2021for his interview.”
Jere said David provided the needed documents and was duly assessed by the service.
He said, “To support his application, Mr Nwamina presented all the necessary documents required, including his birth certificate issued by National Population Commission, showing October 12, 2000, as his date of birth; his National Identity Number, issued by NIMC corroborating the date of birth; a certificate of origin issued by Ebonyi State Government Liaison Office Abuja, and a Guarantor’s form duly signed.
“In view of the above, the general public may wish to be informed that the date of birth, or any other information, on any Nigerian passport is printed on the document only after a thorough vetting process that involves both the applicant’s breeder documents and the person. Mr Nwamina’s case, therefore, was not an exception.”
Jere, however, restated the service’s commitment to protecting the integrity of the Nigerian passport.
