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.”
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Source: The Cable
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