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== Price of | == Price of my fast-track Nigerian Passport in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. == | ||
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I wanted to attend a | I wanted to attend a science seminar in China on fission energy in January 2025 but, uptill November 2024 I had no Nigerian passport that could enable me to apply for the Chinese visa, so I went straight to the Nigerian Immigration Office, opposite Ikeja City Mall or Shoprite, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. There, I met an officer in uniform at the entrance, who enquire what I wanted to do, and later laid me upstairs to collect my details. I then inquire about the cost, which he responded with N70,000. I argued with him because, I was aware of the official cost (N50,000) of a 32 pages passport, with a 5 years validity, but he explained that, the addition N20,000 was his supervisory charges, which everyone know about according to him, he went further to inform me that there's an additional N20,000 fast-tracking fee that I could pay to get my passport within 3 weeks with a total cost of N90,000 only. And that his suggestion immediately got my attention because I was running out of time. So, I pleaded with him to take N70,000 with the fast-tracking and every other thing inclusive and he reluctantly agreed. And since this was no more official dealings, he offered me his personal Opay account and I instantly transferred him N70,000 even though he was open to accepting even N60,000 and the N10,000 balance after my passport is out. I wasn't really scared because he was in uniform. | ||
After confirming my payment, he asked to provide him with two of my passport size photographs, but before that, |