By Olusegun Olanrewaju
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the birth certificate of Ukpo Nwamini David, the kidney donor in the trial of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is 21 years old and not 15 as alleged.

Comptroller-General of NIS, Isah Idris, affirmed this during a news briefing in Abuja yesterday.

Idris said the service adhered to due process in issuing the country’s ordinary passport to David, adding that he applied for the international passport using the service’s portal.

Thereafter “he visited the Gwagwalada office of Immigration in Abuja with his birth certificate issued by the National Population Commission, National Identification Number (NIN) and a letter of indigineship from the Ebonyi State Liason office confirming he is from the state.”

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service said all the available information provided by Ukpo Nwamini David showed that he was born on October 12, 2000.

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“The Nigerian Immigration service relies on information and documentation from other government agencies like National Population Commission and the National Identification Management Commission,” he added.
He said the case of David was not an exception as the Immigration Service followed all the due process in issuing the international passport to him

Idris, therefore, appealed to the public to know that as a Nigerian, David was validly issued an international passport.

Asked if the British Government or the National Assembly has contacted the Immigration office regarding the case of David, the Comptroller-General said nobody had contacted the service.

Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were remanded in custody in London on Thursday, charged with plotting to have a 15-year-old boy taken into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs.