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Sunday, 11 May 2014
Four Nigerians jailed in the UK for involvement in fake marriages
Found this report on UK Daily Mail . Four Nigerians, a man
and three women have been jailed in the UK for their
involvement in many fake weddings in the country. Read
full report below...
Four fake brides and an ex-security guard fixer
involved in an eight-month sham marriage scam
have been jailed.
Azuha Izegbune, 38 (pictured left), was the
mastermind of the visa con - which saw fake
weddings staged at registry offices in Birmingham,
Stoke and Glasgow.
The former security guard from Birmingham, West
Midlands, was paid to arrange fake weddings
between Hungarian and Nigerian nationals so they
could remain in the UK.
The weddings were arranged so both brides and
grooms could secure European Area Residence
Cards.
Nwanunwanne Eze, left, was jailed for 17 months for her
attempted sham marriage in Glasgow - which was raided
by investigators. Hellen Adejumo-Dani, right, was jailed for
22 months
Some of the grooms were flown in to the UK just hours
before the fake ceremonies took place.
Following a Home Office probe, the scam was exposed -
and those involved have now been sentenced to a total of
nine years in jail at Birmingham Crown Court.
Sentencing, Judge Elizabeth Stacey said Izegbune had
undermined the UK’s border controls and described him as
'the lynch-pin, the organiser and the fixer' of an eight-
month conspiracy between December 2012 and September
2013.
She said: 'You met registrars, bought plane tickets, acted
as witness and interpreter and recruited Ivett Szanto to
help you find Hungarian grooms and brides.
'I have read the wonderful testimonies about you. It’s just
desperately sad that you have used your considerable
charm and skills to take part in these activities.'
Izegbune is himself married to a Hungarian and has lived
legally in the UK since 2009 with dual Nigerian and
Hungarian nationality.
The father-of-two was jailed for 31 months after pleading
guilty to five counts of conspiracy to facilitate a breach of
UK immigration law.
The court heard the fake brides handed over an unknown
amount of cash in a bid to win the residence cards - which
would have given them the legal right to remain in the UK
and Europe.
But two of the weddings were stopped halfway through and
a price list for a £7,500 ceremony was later recovered.
It showed just a £20 budget was allocated for the wedding
dress, rings and shoes.
One of the fake brides, pregnant Nigerian Hellen Adedjumo-
Dani, 31, took photos of herself with her fake partner
outside McDonald's restaurants across Birmingham to try
and make her relationship appear real, the court heard.
She had images of herself in a dressing gown on her bed
and even saved her fake groom as 'Babe' on her phone.
She married her groom at a registry office in Birmingham in
June 2013.
Adedjumo-Dani, who is due to give birth in October, was
found guilty after a separate two-day trial in March of this
year and was jailed for 22 months.
Nigerian women Nwabunwanne Eze, 35, and Chioma
Nwangwu, 28, both from Birmingham, were all jailed for
taking part in their own fake marriages.
Nwangu married her groom Birmingham registry office in
June 2013.
Eze attempted to marry at Glasgow registry office in August
2013 - but the ceremony was raided by investigators.
She and Nwangwu pleaded guilty to one charge of
breaching immigration law and were jailed for 16 months
and 17 months respectively.
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