Deported boy ‘being attacked’ in Nigeria

THE AUTISTIC boy deported with his mother recently is being attacked on the streets of Nigeria because of his condition, the family’s solicitor claimed yesterday.

Solicitor Kevin Brophy said he would be returning to the courts next month in an effort to bring Olivia Agbonlahor and her six-year-old twins Great and Melissa home. He and his sister and mother were deported on August 14 after a long battle to prevent their removal from the State.

Mr Brophy said yesterday since their return to the Nigerian city of Lagos there was nowhere permanent for the family to stay and Great had already started experiencing discrimination. Any progress he had made overcoming his condition in Ireland being able to speak to people confidently would be eroded, he said