Town fights autistic boy’s deportation

A COMMUNITY has rallied round a Nigerian woman who is on hunger strike in an attempt to stop her four-year-old autistic son from being deported.

Olivia Agbonlahor and her twins, Melissa and Great, were to be deported earlier this week from an asylum-seeker centre.

Her son Great is suspected of being autistic and is currently waiting assessment by medical experts. Mrs Agbonlahor, along with her supporters, said Nigeria has no care facilities for children with the condition and her son will suffer considerably if he is deported.