Woman denies claims she faked death of child

A NIGERIAN mother battling deportation with her two daughters intends fighting claims by gardaí that she faked the death of her first child, saying the infant died from female genital mutilation.

Pamela Izevbekhai has been seeking asylum in Ireland since 2005 and says her two daughters Naomi Alero, 7, and Jemima Temisanre would be subject to the same procedure should they be sent home.

She has appealed her case to the European Court of Human Rights and also on some technical grounds to the Supreme Court.