Community vows court fight to halt family's deportation

A COMMUNITY has vowed to fund a High Court challenge to prevent the Minister for Justice deporting a four-year-old boy who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Great Agbonlahor, his twin sister Melissa and mother Olivia are expected to be deported to Nigeria within a matter of days, unless their legal team can get an injunction.

Despite pleas from more than 4,000 people, including TDs, Justice Minister Michael McDowell has refused to allow the family to stay in this country. The family's solicitor, Kevin Brophy, said there are no proper medical facilities in Nigeria for Great, and his sister could face of genital mutilation if she is sent there.