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This man married his OWN daughter so she would be allowed to stay in Britain - and the Home Office knows about it
A Nigerian Home Office worker 'married' his own daughter to get her a British visa, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The extraordinary scam was apparently executed by Jelili Adesanya while ministers turned a blind eye.
Mr Adesanya, 54, has lived here 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.
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.
Miss 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.
But despite being tipped off two years ago, the Home Office seems to have done nothing to stop the scam by one of their own workers.
Until recently, Mr Adesanya was employed as an occupational health nurse for the Home Office, working with immigration officials at Gatwick airport.
A whistleblower 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 came 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: 'They paid people to attend the wedding so that the British High Commission in Lagos would believe it was genuine. The commission then gave Karimotu Adenike a two-year settlement visa in October 2007.
'On her settlement visa application form, of course, she did not mention that she already had a husband and four children.
'The date of birth on her Nigerian passport is not her real date of birth.'
Miss Adenike is believed to have aged herself by ten years on her wedding certificate to disguise the age gap with her father.
Although her settlement visa expired last month, she is hoping to be given the right to remain.
David Burrowes, the Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate and Shadow Justice Minister, was also tipped off by the whistleblower and wrote to the Home Office.
This time there was a reply, but it said that although the matter was 'under investigation', no further information would be provided because it could 'breach of our obligations under the Data Protection Act'.
Mr Burrowes told the Mail: 'I am very surprised and concerned that no action appears to have been taken, because the allegations are extremely serious.'
Mr Adesanya, who lives with his daughter in Dagenham, Essex, vehemently denied the plot and said he had never been questioned about the allegations.
He said: 'Married my own daughter? I have never heard anything like this in my life. I deny it. She is my wife, not my daughter.'
However, asked to confirm his 'wife's' date of birth, he said he did not know without checking her passport, and refused to allow her to speak for herself.
Unbeknown to him, his daughter had confirmed the arrangement when she told a friend she would shortly apply for her own British passport and 'divorce daddy'.
Last night Jonathan Sedgwick, from the UK Border Agency, said: 'These individuals are already under investigation, and I want to make it clear that abuse of our immigration laws will not be tolerated.
'If we identify marriages which we believe are not genuine, we will challenge them and prosecute where appropriate.
'We are determined to send home any foreign nationals convicted of these types of crimes once they have served their sentences.'
A Nigerian Home Office worker 'married' his own daughter to get her a British visa, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The extraordinary scam was apparently executed by Jelili Adesanya while ministers turned a blind eye.
Mr Adesanya, 54, has lived here 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.
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.
Miss 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.
But despite being tipped off two years ago, the Home Office seems to have done nothing to stop the scam by one of their own workers.
Until recently, Mr Adesanya was employed as an occupational health nurse for the Home Office, working with immigration officials at Gatwick airport.
A whistleblower 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 came 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: 'They paid people to attend the wedding so that the British High Commission in Lagos would believe it was genuine. The commission then gave Karimotu Adenike a two-year settlement visa in October 2007.
'On her settlement visa application form, of course, she did not mention that she already had a husband and four children.
'The date of birth on her Nigerian passport is not her real date of birth.'
Miss Adenike is believed to have aged herself by ten years on her wedding certificate to disguise the age gap with her father.
Although her settlement visa expired last month, she is hoping to be given the right to remain.
David Burrowes, the Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate and Shadow Justice Minister, was also tipped off by the whistleblower and wrote to the Home Office.
This time there was a reply, but it said that although the matter was 'under investigation', no further information would be provided because it could 'breach of our obligations under the Data Protection Act'.
Mr Burrowes told the Mail: 'I am very surprised and concerned that no action appears to have been taken, because the allegations are extremely serious.'
Mr Adesanya, who lives with his daughter in Dagenham, Essex, vehemently denied the plot and said he had never been questioned about the allegations.
He said: 'Married my own daughter? I have never heard anything like this in my life. I deny it. She is my wife, not my daughter.'
However, asked to confirm his 'wife's' date of birth, he said he did not know without checking her passport, and refused to allow her to speak for herself.
Unbeknown to him, his daughter had confirmed the arrangement when she told a friend she would shortly apply for her own British passport and 'divorce daddy'.
Last night Jonathan Sedgwick, from the UK Border Agency, said: 'These individuals are already under investigation, and I want to make it clear that abuse of our immigration laws will not be tolerated.
'If we identify marriages which we believe are not genuine, we will challenge them and prosecute where appropriate.
'We are determined to send home any foreign nationals convicted of these types of crimes once they have served their sentences.'
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Comment by zahrasadiq on December 19, 2009 at 11:46am - slim u really try keep it up.
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Comment by TIMO on December 5, 2009 at 6:06pm - na wa o things are happening. to some ppl this is wat it means to being a goal getter, but generally i think its a pack of rubbish.
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Comment by Rabiu Yetunde on November 24, 2009 at 12:45pm - Being the situation of our economy, everybody is trying 2 get out of this country. I personally dont blame the man and nobody is very perfect except our God.
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Comment by Kayode Adubiaro on November 24, 2009 at 12:31pm - I don't why people will continue to leave their country to another. Why on earth should a father marry her own daughter? Is our situation in Nigeria that serious as to warrant such babaric act? Lets put a stop to all this shame and do a proper rebranding of ourslves.
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Comment by Oyetunde Ganiyu Segun on November 23, 2009 at 11:08am
- Nobody should blame this man because for his action,because if our economy good i belief nobody would have the mind of travel out of country,i strongly support him there is no new thing under the sun & sky dont mind those mudafulker they have done something worst than that i pray God will see you through AMEN OOOOOOOOO
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Comment by Nosike Godfrey on November 22, 2009 at 5:13pm - It is a product of poverty, every body in Nigeria want to run away from Nigeria because of bad economy and bad leaders.No body wants to stay and surfer want our past and present leaders has cost the country.If you have that chance to get out of this country please run don't walk because if you walk you may lose the the chance.I am not proud to be a Nigerian.
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Comment by Saintceja on November 22, 2009 at 2:43pm - Mr. Len, You'll just keep talking out of points because as far as I know, This is a blackmail and may be your story might be the next to post on Gnaija so that you'll feel what it meant to blackmail you fellow Nigerian...
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Comment by Abimbola on November 22, 2009 at 7:06am - This is serious, but the situation of our country is enough to use any open avenue to get out. No job, no food, anyway there is life
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Comment by Abimbola on November 22, 2009 at 7:06am
- This is serious, but the situation of our country is enough to use any open avenue to get out. No job, no food, anyway there is life
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Comment by Len on November 22, 2009 at 12:42am - Well Slim you seem to have got some good feedback on this one...lol At least you have some now talking of Unsubscribing! all because you Posted a Story about Nigerians in the UK, amazing what one man can do...Hahaha. Its time you all learned how to use Google and research names and Places so you can learn more Story's. Well it seems the Truth Hurts, you people have got to pull your head out of the Sand and learn that some who leave Nigeria are not always law abiding Citizens of there new Country. A Couple of years ago some Nigerians were caught in Perth, Australia for doing 419, the story didn't mean much to me as I was already aware of what goes on. I don't understand why he didn't try to go thru the right channels to get his Family out to the UK, I mean he must have some clout in his position. He did the wrong thing and People need to know that this sort of thing cant be done in any Country, anyway Slim keep up the good work.
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