Jason Njoku, a business mogul and husband of the actress Mary Njoku tells the story of an encounter he and his wife, had with an immigration official in Venice, Italy.
Jason revealed that he and his wife had taken a quick trip to Venice. In contrast to what they typically ask other people, the immigration officer at the airport requested to see their return ticket.
The question, he claimed, caused him and his wife to laugh out loud, which infuriated the immigration officer.
He claimed that he had given the man their first-class tickets and questioned him about whether he and his wife appeared to be immigrants who had come to the country to hustle.
He wrote:
“@MrsMaryNjoku & I flew to Venice in March. Immigration asked for our return tix. Not how long are we staying o? But can they see our return tix? We burst out laughing😂🤣. Immigration was 🤬. Said it’s a ‘normal question’. Gave them our 1st class boarding tix, and asked them do we look like people here to hustle? We’re staying at St Regis &are here for 3 nights. They let us through. No need for showing any tix again. Walahi I personally can NEVER live in Europe again. ⛔️. We just need a strong 🇳🇬. But we all know it’s increasingly getting worst.”
He shared this in reaction to a Tweep who revealed that he had recently experienced racial profiling for the first time in his life.
“FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I CAN CONFIRM I EXPERIENCED RACIAL PROFILING.
At the Milan Linate Airport, I passed security checks, as I walked towards the gates, two police men stationed in front of the security check stopped a black man dressed in a Senegalese kaftan,” the tweep reads.
