Some Biafra secessionists have torn their Nigerian passports to press home their demand for the breakaway of the South-East from the Nigerian state.
As of Saturday, no fewer than three videos were seen on the online video sharing platform, YouTube, in which some Igbo denounced their citizenship of the country and declared their allegiance to Biafra.
The Nigeria Immigration Service has, however, warned that such act is criminal and attracts a jail term.
In one of the videos, the man introduced himself as Emenike Michael Nwofor. He said:
“My names are (sic) Emenike Michael Nwaofor. I’m from Nnewi in Biafra land; when there was Biafra, there wasn’t anything called Anambra State. I would refuse to add that name called Anambra State to it. I am from Nnewi, the former Enugu State.
“I am living here in Bordeaux (France); I am an asylum seeker in Bordeaux. I have been around Bordeaux for a year plus and we have been able to gather the Biafran family here in France; we have been able to register with the government of France as indigenous people of Biafra.”
After a long speech, he subsequently brought out his Nigerian passport and tore the pages.
In another video, a young man, who did not mention his name, also tore his Nigerian passport angrily.
In the third video, the man, who spoke in Igbo and French, tore his passport while using derogatory words on the government of Nigeria.
The Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Deputy Comptroller Ekpedeme King, while reacting to the development in an interview with SaharaReporters on Saturday, said the service was not aware of the passport tearing. King said:
Those who mentioned their names, if we find out that they tore their passports, will be taken to court. A process has to be followed.
There is a new Act called the Immigration Act 2015 which stipulates the punishment for any alteration or destruction of Nigerian passport; it is a jail term with conditions.''
Thousands of members and supporters of MASSOB had last Tuesday embarked on a protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, demanding to break away from Nigeria. This happened after the Department of State Services reportedly arrested and detained the founder of the guerrilla broadcasting channel, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos on his arrival from London recently.
In a swift reaction, governors in the South-East and other leaders in the zone dissociated themselves from the protests, saying they were not in support of the group.
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Reply #1 by  morgrawl231 (7101)  on: 26 Oct 15, 06:05 AM (yesterday at 06:05 AM) Gistmaniac (m)
These guys dont really knows what they are doing.......maybe biafra embassy dey paris dem go tell me....after dem use naija pali carry drug finish ....we all know wat u guys ar good at....
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Reply #2 by  Deltaboy1 (141)  on: 26 Oct 15, 06:07 AM (yesterday at 06:07 AM) Upcoming (m)
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Reply #3 by Wysetots (7971) on: 26 Oct 15, 06:09 AM (yesterday at 06:09 AM) Hero (m)
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Reply #4 by  musleh247 (361) on: 26 Oct 15, 06:21 AM (yesterday at 06:21 AM) Upcoming (m)
U dey France dey talk about Biafra dey tear passport, come 9ja make u come do dat rubbish, idiot fellow, after u go Nigeria embassy in France say ur passport don lost, abeg poster try forward dis topic to Nigeria embassy in France make dem mark dose guys faces n their names, idiot pple wasted generation.
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Reply #5 by  sonofman25 (105) on: 26 Oct 15, 07:18 AM (yesterday at 07:18 AM) Upcoming (m)
Asylum meaning u r want rit. I pit u. A very big with an empty brain is a load on d neck. U r in France making mouth am from biafra and u tear u Nigeria passport. The French govt will use u as an example for other like u
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Reply #6 by sonofman25 (105) on: 26 Oct 15, 07:19 AM (yesterday at 07:19 AM) Upcoming (m)
Asylum meaning u r wanted. Rit? I pit u. A very big with an empty brain is a load on d neck. U r in France making mouth am from biafra and u tear u Nigeria passport. The French govt will use u as an example for other like u
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Reply #7 by  livingstone80 (366) on: 26 Oct 15, 07:56 AM (yesterday at 07:56 AM) Upcoming (m)
Biafra will come, biafra will come
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Reply #8 by  winace (22809) on: 26 Oct 15, 08:06 AM (yesterday at 08:06 AM) Addicted Hero (f)
I like d fact dat they tore their passport. Immigration does not have to send them to jail if they later find them out. Let us see how they will travel back to nigeria/biafra. If its thru trekking or ship. They will still have to declare a pasport and d last time I check biafra passport is not valid yet. Some pple think wit their anus. D only internationa airport in biafra will not collect biafra passport from u but nigeria passport. And I will keep saying it. Violence is not d best way to go by it.
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Reply #9 by omomaria82 (44) on: 26 Oct 15, 08:34 AM (yesterday at 08:34 AM) Newbie (f)
If u wan 2 fight 4 biafra as u claim go to biafra and fight 4 biafra ,u can not be in another man land and say u wont to fight 4 ur land. all this bastard are d reason why many people have problem in europe when dey lost there passport, they here doing nothing but to steal and do drug when they are caught they claim nigeria ,but if they are bit free they say they are biafra dat namdi kanu is going remain in prison for the rest of his life, nonsense ( yheyhe faoh wen e no de lay better egg)
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Reply #10 by  Mansfem (9) on: 26 Oct 15, 08:42 AM (yesterday at 08:42 AM) Newbie (m)
Livingstone80 u r the most idiot person dat I know dat think with his anus. tear ur own passport too if ur parents wouldn't deny u. u will c d truth u will not say it. u can not correct ur fellow pple wen they r wrong but to mislead them. bad adult.
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Reply #11 by zeezeewho (4) on: 26 Oct 15, 08:44 AM (yesterday at 08:44 AM) Newbie (m)
They are tearing their expired passport. Those passport not valid any more.
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Reply #12 by  Nosike91 (37) on: 26 Oct 15, 08:46 AM (yesterday at 08:46 AM) Newbie (m)
Omomaria u b fool nnamdi kanu is out, hold nnamdi kanu and fight a terrible war!
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Reply #13 by Mansfem (9) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:11 AM (yesterday at 09:11 AM) Newbie (m)
nosike90 ode ni e... u don't want to learn from ur mistakes bcos u guys r greedy. u av forgotten that the song of war u r roaring will only end in ur states bcos it is ur people and ur family u will b killing to fight for freedom. ojukwu has tried it n he fails now u want it again. I pity u bcos ur generation will go for it even u self no save.
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Reply #14 by Mansfem (9) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:13 AM (yesterday at 09:13 AM) Newbie (m)
nosike91 ode ni e...real isiewu. u don't want to learn from ur mistakes bcos u guys r greedy. u av forgotten that the song of war u r roaring will only end in ur states bcos it is ur people and ur family u will b killing to fight for freedom. ojukwu has tried it n he fails now u want it again. I pity u bcos ur generation will go for it even u self no save.
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Reply #15 by  Zadok1 (69) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:47 AM (yesterday at 09:47 AM) Newbie (m)
U dey France dey talk about Biafra dey tear passport, come 9ja make u come do dat rubbish, idiot fellow, after u go Nigeria embassy in France say ur passport don lost, abeg poster try forward dis topic to Nigeria embassy in France make dem mark dose guys faces n their names, idiot pple wasted generation.
You are special kind a big Fool
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Reply #16 by Ken1230 (2879) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:49 AM (yesterday at 09:49 AM) Gistmaniac (m)
Emenike Michael Nwofor is a criminal. So if France did not accept his asylum where will they deport him to? I hope his family are all in France with him seeking for asylum?
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Reply #17 by Ken1230 (2879) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:50 AM (yesterday at 09:50 AM) Gistmaniac (m)
They are tearing their expired passport. Those passport not valid any more.
You are right and his name is not Emenike Michael Nwofor.
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Reply #18 by  mensch (1805) on: 26 Oct 15, 09:57 AM (yesterday at 09:57 AM) Gistmaniac (m)
Biafra Nation is already in progress, like it or not.
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Reply #19 by musleh247 (361) on: 26 Oct 15, 10:42 AM (yesterday at 10:42 AM) Upcoming (m)
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