“You don’t know how hard it is to be Nigerian until you start travelling as a Nigerian” – Model recounts being singled out at airport over inexperienced passport

A Nigerian content material creator {and professional} mannequin has recounted how he was singled out for added questioning at a world airport regardless of having a legitimate visa and an excellent journey historical past.

In a video shared on-line, the mannequin mentioned he had travelled extensively for work and had featured in campaigns for worldwide manufacturers, together with Adidas and Hennessy.

He mentioned he was allowed to observe different travellers go via immigration earlier than an officer observed his Nigerian passport and commenced questioning him about his id, function of go to and the way lengthy he supposed to remain.

According to him, he was finally taken away from the immigration queue to a safety space, the place officers questioned him additional and contacted individuals he had listed in his visa utility.

He mentioned the officers appeared unconvinced when he defined that he was visiting for modelling work, prompting him to ask them to look his identify on Google to confirm his skilled profile.

The mannequin mentioned the search introduced up his work and images, after which he was returned his passport and allowed to proceed.

He described the expertise as upsetting, saying that regardless of his years of travelling and clear document, his Nigerian passport continued to draw extra scrutiny.

He added that he was notably frightened about the opportunity of being despatched again, questioning the place he would have gone if the officers had refused him entry.

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