Asylum seeker, ‘unlawfully detained’ for two days’, receives £2,500 compensation
A NIGERIAN asylum-seeker is to get £2,500 damages after a judge concluded that he had been unlawfully detained by immigration officials for two days.
Mr Jayeola is to be paid £2,500 in damages
Bolaji Femi Jayeola had taken High Court action against Home Office ministers after claiming that he had been wrongly held in immigration detention in late 2015.
Deputy High Court Judge Jonathan Swift was told that Mr Jayeola had been released on October 8 2015 - after evidence that he might have been tortured in Nigeria emerged.
Mr Jayeola was released after evidence he might have been tortured emerged
But the judge has concluded that Mr Jayeola should have been released on October 6 2015.
The judge said he appreciated that his conclusion might seem to be an “exercise in nit picking”.
The judge said he appreciated that this might seem to be an exercise in nit-picking
He said ministers had agreed to pay Mr Jayeola £2,500.
Judge Swift had examined evidence at a High Court hearing in London in July - and handed down a written ruling on Tuesday.