Until Monday, Jeffrey Ewohime, a
UK-based Nigerian, lived privately without being in the news for the wrong
reasons.
But since he destroyed vehicles
at the Nigerian high commission in London, Ewohime has been a subject of
controversy. A quick search on Google gives him away as the man who wreaked
havoc at the Nigerian high commission in the UK. The 31-year-old is now cooling
off in police custody.
Born on August 5, 1987, Ewohime
had visited the commission to collect his passport which had expired since
November 2017, according to Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chief executive officer of
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
But the major problem the young
man encountered was that he got to the commission one hour after the collection
of passports was supposed to end.
In a statement, the Nigerian
immigration service said the passport of Ewohime had been available since June
6 but it could not be delivered because the owner left no self-addressed envelop.
Dabiri-Erewa said while at the
commission on Monday, he did not fulfill all the necessary requirements to
obtain his passport. Rather than resolve all this, rage took over him, leading
to the shattering of windscreen of seven expensive vehicles, including two,
said to be owned by guests of a hotel around the commission, and the law is
about taking its course.
In a statement it released on
Monday, the immigration condemned Ewohime’s action.
“The attention of the Comptroller
General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede MFR has been drawn to a very
disturbing incident where a citizen who went to our Mission in London for
Passport services,” the statement read.
“He arrived late and was told by
the Security that the Mission has closed for the day. He went about destroying
Nigeria’s diplomatic vehicles worth hundreds of thousands of tax payers money.
“The Passport in question has
been issued since 6th of June 2019. He did not leave any self-addressed
envelope for delivery.”
Dabiri-Erewa said Emohime had been arrested.
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