A Nigerian man, Jelili Adesanya, a Home Office
worker in the United Kingdom, took a desperate step in making sure his
own daughter gets a British visa by getting wedded to her in a marriage scam that has been uncovered by the UK authorities.
According to the Daily Mail, the extraordinary scam was executed by Adesanya while ministers turned a blind eye.
Mr Adesanya, 54, has lived in Britain for more than 30 years and holds a British passport, but wanted his daughter, her husband and their four sons to join him from Nigeria.
To
achieve his aim, he faked a wedding ceremony complete with a photograph
of the happy 'couple' which helped fool immigration officials that his
daughter, Karimotu Adenike, was really his wife. Adenike, who is in her
mid-30s, was duly granted permission to live in the UK.
The
pair are waiting for her to be granted a permanent right to remain
before they undergo a quiet divorce and attempt to bring the rest of her
family here. It is expected she would try to remarry her real husband
to get them all visas.
A whistle-blower sent
letters to the High Commission in Lagos and the UK Border Agency
including specific details such as names, addresses, passport numbers
and even a copy of the wedding photograph.
When
there was no response, he sent emails to then Home Secretary Jacqui
Smith and ministers Vernon Coaker and Phil Woolas on February 1 this
year. He heard nothing.
Mr Adesanya, who went to
Britain in 1976, flew back to Nigeria on May 29, 2007, and held the
bogus wedding ceremony a few days later at a register office in Ikorodu,
Lagos.
A source said:
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