TheCable

If only Jeffrey Ewohime, 31-year-old UK-based Nigerian, had known that his visit to the Nigerian high commission in London wouldn’t turn out well, he could have stayed back. 

Ewohime had gone to the commission for his passport on Monday but wasn’t attended to immediately because he reportedly got there late.

Instead of returning on another day, he allowed rage to take charge, vandalising seven expensive vehicles, including two, said to be owned by guests of a hotel around the commission.

Ewohime’s case is just a one-off; no one has been reported to have gone that far in order to secure a Nigerian passport. However, it’s basic knowledge that Nigerians home and abroad go through hurdles in obtaining their passports.

In March, Ogunbowale Olugbenga, a digital skills expert, had to pray, fast, wait a month and run a thread on Twitter before he could get his passport, 24 hours before a visa appointment.

TheCable asked Nigerians to share their experiences on the challenges in securing the green book. It was a tale of woes. Nigerians in the diaspora now have the opportunity to share their experience obtaining passport. What’s your own experience? Pleasant? Not too pleasant? Please, speak out!