Business mogul, Jason Njoku recounts an experience he and his wife, Remmy, had with an immigration officer in Venice, Italy.
Jason revealed that he and wife had gone to Venice for a short stay. At the airport, the immigration officer asked to see their returning ticket, and not how long they intend to stay, as they usually ask other people.
He said that he and his wife burst out laughing at the question which irritated the immigration officer.
According to him, he had given the man their first class tickets and asked the man if he and his wife look like people who came to the country to hustle.
“@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 wrote.
He said he was also stopped and checked when he got to them. They reportedly asked him how much he was holding and he told them he had no money. He said he instead showed them a picture of himself and a popular footballer, and they allowed him to go.
After him, he said the next black person, a lady who came through was also stopped and questioned before they allowed her to go.
Meanwhile, the officials never stopped any of the white men who passed through the same place.
