A Nigerian asylum seeker considered to be near demise from a starvation attack is in Britain despite
losing his bid in which to stay in the country, as his flight was made back by Nigeria's aviation authorities,
his lawyers said on Sunday.
Isa Muazu, 45, from the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri, was delivered to an immigration elimination hub near London's Heathrow Airport after it had been reported that Nigerian authorities refused to permit his airplane to land.
Muazu joined Britain in July 2007 on a visitor's visa but didn't leave when it expired in January 2008. Instead, he found work in London.
He said he wanted asylum after agents of Boko Haram Islamists threatened to kill him unless he joined them. He also claimed two members of his family have now been killed by the Islamists. His application to stay Britain was refused and he was detained by immigration authorities on July 25.
He challenged Inside Minister Theresa May's decision to help keep him in detention and has been on starvation attack for over 100 days.
Britain attempted to deport Muazu on Friday after he exhausted each of his appeals. But after being refused permission to land, the individual airplane carrying Muazu stopped in Malta for 2 hours before returning to Britain, in line with the BBC.
Britain's interior ministry refused to comment on the development.
Generous Democrat politician Roger Roberts criticised the attempts to get rid of Muazu, saying a physician a week ago had judged him “also ill to fly.
“Goodness knows what state he must certanly be in now, poor people person,” Roberts informed the Observer newspaper. “He wants clinic treatment.”
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