Nigerian deported early, admits McDowell

THE Nigerian student Olukunle Elukanlo was never meant to be deported before his Leaving Certificate, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said yesterday.

Nigerian deported early, admits McDowell

The 20-year-old is due to return to Ireland tomorrow on a six-month student visa to sit his exams.

Mr McDowell said the civil servant who had proposed the deportation order to him had assumed it would not be implemented before Olukunle sat the Leaving Certificate in June.

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