The recent incident in London in which one citizen Jeffrey Ewohime allegedly smashed seven cars at the Nigerian High Commission in London over the delay in releasing his passport has, expectedly, attracted much venom and condemnation on the poor young man. There is no smoke without a fire. Something must have prompted the unruly behavior of Ewohime and that should be investigated.
According to the Embassy, it would, of course, be wrong to hand over his passport to him without his collection slip. He reportedly left, agitated, and returned from a nearby hotel to destroy about seven cars, five belonging to the mission and two to visitors who parked nearby. His attempt to destroy the High Commissioner’s car reportedly failed because it is bulletproof. Ewohime, has, of course been arrested by the police for questioning and prosecution.
I took interest in this incident because I have had very bad experience from Nigerian missions in different countries. If you are lucky, a security man, gateman or mai-guard , may tell you to go and come another day. If you are not lucky, nobody will talk to you; what you may see is notice on the notice board showing the office hours.
Over a period of two decades, I had opportunity to travel to about 30 countries on one professional assignment or the other. During those years, I had occasion to seek contact with the Nigerian missions in those countries but got rude shock in most of them. The Nigerian mission in Nairobi, Kenya had aversion for Nigerians. Hardly would you see any of the officials just as their phone was hardly picked. While I thought that the Nairobi experience was bad enough; in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, I found that the Embassy’s gate was securely locked and a guard who couldn’t speak English but Swahili was planted there to ensure that no Nigerian had access.
Please investigate further to unfold the truth.
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