A Nigerian man who lived in the United Kingdom for nearly 20 years has shared a harrowing account of how his wife’s actions led to his deportation after she exposed him to UK authorities for immigration fraud.
According to his narration, he had returned to Nigeria to marry after spending years abroad, citing fear of “Western women” as his reason for seeking a traditional marriage back home.
Following their marriage, his wife became pregnant before he returned to the UK.
While working to regularize his immigration documents to bring her over, she gave birth to their second child in Nigeria.
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However, tensions began when his wife allegedly pressured him to buy a car for her mother after he had already purchased one for her.
The man explained that her demand was fueled by jealousy after seeing his mother receive a new car — a gift, he said, from their first child living abroad.
Despite the financial strain and ongoing immigration paperwork, he eventually fulfilled her request to process the papers of her late sister’s son to make up three dependants.
The family later joined him in the UK after his papers were approved.
Before their departure, his wife reportedly made a pointed remark: “You refused to buy my mum a car.”
He promised to do so once they were settled.
However, after arriving in the UK, the relationship deteriorated.
He claimed his wife began exhibiting the same behavior he had tried to avoid by marrying from Nigeria, leading to constant arguments and threats.
“She started threatening to implicate me,” he said. “Eventually, she went to the authorities and revealed that the child I filed for as mine was not my biological child.”
This revelation prompted UK immigration authorities to investigate, resulting in his deportation for filing false information — an act classified as immigration fraud.
Since he had filed for his wife and children as dependants, they were allowed to remain in the UK.
Having lived there for over seven years, his wife reportedly applied successfully under the “private life” immigration route, allowing her to stay with the children.
The man said his wife later told both families that he was deported for fraud — a claim he insists stemmed from her betrayal. His ordeal, he said, serves as a cautionary tale about trust, family, and the challenges many immigrants face balancing personal relationships with the complexities of immigration laws.
