Deported Nigerian student claims he was assaulted by gangsters

A STUDENT deported to Nigeria earlier this week claims he was assaulted by gangsters after being forced to bail himself out of prison there following his arrival from Ireland.

Elukanlo Olakunle, who was a student at Palmerstown Community College in Dublin, was one of 25 adults and children deported on Monday.

In an email to TD Joe Higgins, 19-year-old Olakunle also claimed he was not allowed to speak to his lawyer before being deported. He described how he was put on board the chartered flight with no possessions and wearing his school uniform his only clothes.