Mrs. Favour Igiebor, the woman featured in a viral video tearing her husband’s passport, has broken her silence, shedding light on the circumstances that led to her controversial actions.
In a recent statement, Mrs. Igiebor explained that her actions were the result of long-standing marital issues, which had pushed her to a breaking point.
According to Mrs. Igiebor, she has been enduring significant challenges in her marriage for years and felt that drastic action was necessary to assert herself.
She described the passport-tearing incident as the culmination of years of sacrifice and commitment that had been met with continuous frustrations.
“The issue has been going on for a very long time, I have just been dancing to the tune till I arrive in my motherland Nigeria, and I did what I did,” she explained, urging viewers of the video not to rush to judgment without understanding the full context of her actions.
Mrs. Igiebor emphasized that she is not irrational, but rather, someone who has endured much and felt compelled to act. “I am not a mad woman, who would just come and act like that.
I have my reasons, I have gone through many things,” she stated. She also revealed that she deliberately waited until she was back in Nigeria to take this action, avoiding doing so while they were in Europe to prevent further stress for her husband.
Expressing her frustration at the public’s quick judgment, Mrs. Igiebor questioned, “Is it till when I die, will you people know this woman did not speak out? Actions speak louder than words, I gave him my action, to know I have been bearing it.”
The viral video has ignited widespread discussion across social media platforms, prompting the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to launch an investigation into the incident.
The NIS has noted that Mrs. Igiebor’s actions could potentially be a violation of Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), which prohibits the willful destruction of Nigerian travel documents, and which carries specific penalties for such offenses.
