The governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have said they
do not recognise the passports being issued by the Movement for the
Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
The National Director of Information, MASSOB, Sunny Okereafor, had said two
weeks ago that the passport was valid worldwide, adding that the travel
document costs N5,000 while its renewal costs N2,000
He had said, "I assure you that the Biafran passport is valid. Except
Nigeria, other countries of the world accept Biafran passport and allow our
citizens to travel with it.
In Europe, North and South America, Biafran passport is accepted. Nigeria is the only country that seizes Biafran passport. Go to neighbouring Ghana here, they will stamp the passport for you. Don't be confused by the propaganda of the Nigerian government that there is nothing like Biafra passport.
"MASSOB appeals to Biafran citizens to procure their passport and use it to travel. If you doubt me, get a Nigerian passport while I have my Biafran passport; when we get to Europe, you will see who they will welcome than the other. Many people with the Nigerian passport have been repatriated, but have you heard of anybody with Biafran passport receiving such ill-treatment?"
However, the Deputy Public Affairs Officer at US Consulate in Lagos, Frank Sellin, in his response to an inquire regarding the claim of MASSOB, said, "The United States does not consider passports purporting to be from a Biafra entity to be a valid legal document for purposes of visa issuance."
A similar response from the British Government was sent via email.
The UK recalled that it did not support the disintegration of Nigeria
during the 1967 Biafran War and had not changed its stance 49 years after.
A statement by the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High
Commission, Abuja, Mr. Joe Abuku, read in part, "The answer is
unequivocally 'no'. The UK does not recognise the so-called Biafran passport.
do not recognise the passports being issued by the Movement for the
Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
The National Director of Information, MASSOB, Sunny Okereafor, had said two
weeks ago that the passport was valid worldwide, adding that the travel
document costs N5,000 while its renewal costs N2,000
He had said, "I assure you that the Biafran passport is valid. Except
Nigeria, other countries of the world accept Biafran passport and allow our
citizens to travel with it.
In Europe, North and South America, Biafran passport is accepted. Nigeria is the only country that seizes Biafran passport. Go to neighbouring Ghana here, they will stamp the passport for you. Don't be confused by the propaganda of the Nigerian government that there is nothing like Biafra passport.
"MASSOB appeals to Biafran citizens to procure their passport and use it to travel. If you doubt me, get a Nigerian passport while I have my Biafran passport; when we get to Europe, you will see who they will welcome than the other. Many people with the Nigerian passport have been repatriated, but have you heard of anybody with Biafran passport receiving such ill-treatment?"
However, the Deputy Public Affairs Officer at US Consulate in Lagos, Frank Sellin, in his response to an inquire regarding the claim of MASSOB, said, "The United States does not consider passports purporting to be from a Biafra entity to be a valid legal document for purposes of visa issuance."
A similar response from the British Government was sent via email.
The UK recalled that it did not support the disintegration of Nigeria
during the 1967 Biafran War and had not changed its stance 49 years after.
A statement by the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High
Commission, Abuja, Mr. Joe Abuku, read in part, "The answer is
unequivocally 'no'. The UK does not recognise the so-called Biafran passport.
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