NIGERIAN IN THE HAND OF UKBA.
Ndubueze Emmanuel OKEKE, is a nigerian gay seeking assylum and international protection in the united kingdom.
He is an homosexual gay from nigerian, He traveled to uk on a visit on the 08/04/2012.
Shortly after his arrival in uk he heard the news about his gay partner "Emma OKAFOR" been killed by angry mob in a protest against Homosexuality in the country.
This news increase is fear about returning to nigeria so he decides to stay back in UK where He believes his life is more secured and safe. “You don’t want to stay back in a country where right now there’s a law that can send you to jail for 14 years or you can get beaten to death or you can’t get access to health care services if you’re gay,” he said. "You don't want to live there.
He was arrested by the UKBA on the 30th Sept. 2012 for overstaying in the UK and send into detention centre. He then requested for assylum protection because his life will definately be taking away or rotten in prison if he comes back to Nigeria, the assylum request was refused without given consideration to this gentleman's claim of protection according to the Human Right act 1998 "RIGHT TO LIFE".
According to stonewall 2010, Stonewall's work
In 2010 Stonewall published No Going Back: lesbian and gay people and the asylum system, research which is based on interviews with asylum seekers and UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff. It found systemic failures in our asylum system resulting in legitimate lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum seekers regularly being refused asylum in the UK.
UKBA and the Home Office have subsequently acknowledged that the asylum system has failed many lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum seekers and the Government has made a commitment to cease sending gay people back to countries where they face persecution.
I believe that Emmanuel's case is one among numerous others in detention in uk who suffer from the systemic failures. Hence the reason for crying out for help before its too late as the UKBA has made attempt twice to remove emma to nigeria.
Nigeria is one of those country where Gay faces persecution therefore it meant that if emma is send back he has not been given and accord his right to protection in a democratic and civilised nation like UK.