A United States-based Nigerian, Sage Vincent Ike, has alleged that he spent more than ₦1 million renewing his Nigerian passport due to delays, repeated payments and administrative bottlenecks.
Ike made the claim in a series of posts on X, where he detailed what he described as a frustrating four-month process that disrupted his travel plans and caused significant financial losses.
According to him, he applied for a passport renewal in March 2026 ahead of the expiration of his passport in May and in preparation for planned trips to Japan, South Korea and Nigeria.
He said his biometric appointment was scheduled for March 19 at the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia. However, after travelling about three hours from North Carolina, he allegedly discovered that the consulate had been closed for the Eid-el-Fitr holiday without prior notice.
“I drove three hours from North Carolina, only to arrive and discover the Consulate was closed for the Salah holiday. There was no email notification, no website update on Google office hours, no text, and my appointment still showed March 19,” he wrote.
Ike said he eventually completed his biometric capture on March 27 and paid $230 for a 10-year passport, including the correction of an error in the arrangement of his names.
According to him, he was later required to pay an additional $50 for the passport to be mailed despite providing a self-addressed envelope, bringing his total payment in the United States to $280.
He further claimed that months passed without receiving the
