‘Please jail me – I want to go home to Nigeria’

A Nigerian has deliberatedly got himself jailed so he can spend his time inside applying to be sent home. Illegal immigrant Oluwaleke Yisa, 30, has been wandering around London for seven years after repeatedly failing to get the authorities to repatriate him. In desperation he took a knife to an immigration centre and said he wanted to stab people. His solicitor begged the judge to jail him so he could book a one way trip to Africa – and Yisa’s…

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