Canada to deport Nigerian activist after 14 years

Nigerian activist and migrant rights leader Olukunle Adetunji is set to be deported from Canada after 14 years of living in the country. Despite numerous attempts to regularize his status, Canadian authorities plan to send him back to Nigeria due to his illegal stay. City News reported that Adetunji expressed his deportation as "worse than being behind bars."

Adetunji first visited Canada in 2012 and decided to stay, marrying his wife, Kimora, in 2014. However, he was deported to Nigeria in the same year and returned to Canada illegally in 2016. He was arrested and detained at various Canadian facilities before being released to regularize his status. Adetunji claimed he had no family in Nigeria and breaking ties with his home country would be a "death sentence."

As Canadian authorities prepare to deport Adetunji, he expressed his distress at the prospect of being separated from his three young sons.