A NIgerian gay seeking asylum in the United Kingdom (UK) is among people facing impending deportation to their various home countries. It was reported in The Guardian Uk that mothers and grandmothers, some who have lived in the UK for decades , are among those to be departed to Ghana and Nigeria on a controversial Home Office charter flight on Wednesday.
Among them are 10 women suffering from severe mental health problems and a Nigerian , Raji Adeniyi , a gay who had hoped to get asylum in the UK. Raji said he was in the UK because he fled Nigeria for fear of being attacked for being gay, as he was getting death threats from some people in his Muslim-pouplated home community.
In 2017, he faced deportation to Nigeria but was later allowed to stay in the UK. The Home Office in Uk said that that asylum seeker’s claims are carefully considered in accordance with the international obligations and each assessment is made against the background of relevant case law and the latest country information and only returns individuals to their home country of origin when the Home Office and the courts deem it safe to do so.
Presently, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual , queer and the likes are prohibited in Nigeria and violators are likely to face 14 years in jail according to the Same -Sex prohibiton act signed by former pressident Goodluck Jonathan on January7, 2014.
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