Nigerian boy may be entitled to EU citizenship

A SOLICITOR battling on behalf of a four-year-old boy believes he shouldn’t be deported to Nigeria because he may be entitled to EU citizenship.

The legal expert also said yesterday that he has requested Minister for Justice Michael McDowell to increase the stay on executing the deportation order from one week to a month, in order that the child is properly assessed.

Great Agbonlahor, his twin sister Melissa and mother Olivia were supposed to be deported last Tuesday, but a stay was put on the move after the family’s supporters lobbied Mr McDowell.