Asylum-seeker 'fleeing persecution' used stolen Irish passport to enter country

Nigerian women used Irish passport in the name of another person to gain entry and claim asylum, court heard

Dublin District Court heard Osamudiamen Ogie produced an Irish passport when she arrived in Dublin on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul on September 10, 2021.

An asylum-seeker who claimed she used a stolen passport to get to Ireland after fleeing persecution and gender-based violence has avoided a criminal conviction and a jail sentence.

Nigerian citizen Osamudiamen Ogie, 26, with an address at Shangan Road, Ballymun, Dublin, pleaded guilty to using a stolen passport.