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A Nigerian drug dealer, convicted for eight years, is battling deportation by claiming his human rights would be violated if forced to leave the UK.
The 29-year-old, who remains anonymous by court order, argues that Nigeria’s inadequate psychiatric facilities would compromise his mental health care. His deportation appeal cites Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Convicted drug gang leader who is in the UK illegally avoids deportation to Nigeria thanks to the ECHR.
We will withdraw from the ECHR and all other international instruments that deny UK border sovereignty.
The rights of British citizens must come first.https://t.co/3ftDy8tgDD pic.twitter.com/rnkSn9uUCg— Social Democratic Party (@SDPhq) November 11, 2024
Initially, immigration officials dismissed his case, suggesting his family-related testimony lacked credibility. Having entered Britain at age 10, he remained illegally after his visa expired.
His criminal activities began in his teens, leading to a conviction in 2016 for possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to distribute, resulting in a suspended sentence.
Like others before him, he’s seeking protection under ECHR legislation to remain in Britain.
Why has this foreign criminal drug dealer been granted anonymity?
Why can we not deport him back to his home in Nigeria?
Answer: ECHR
Instead we have to pay and block our prisons with him and others similar
Ludicrous https://t.co/vh3hi50tSp
— Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧 (@TiceRichard) November 11, 2024
This case emerges amid Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s push for the Keir Starmer government to expatriate foreign offenders currently in British prisons, rather than releasing them into society.
Currently, approximately 1,100 inmates are being released early, having served just 40% of their sentences. This initiative, implemented by the Labour government to create prison space, excludes those convicted of violent crimes, sexual offenses, or terrorism.
