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Uk Jails Nigerian For Forcing Son To Return Home ! by wales(m): 6:29am On Feb 16, 2011
The mother of a teenager who claims he was forced to undergo exorcism to purge him of his disobedience has been jailed, The Mail of London reports.



Lydia Erhire has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under forced marriage laws after she sent her son, Edirin Onogeta-Idogun, 17, to Nigeria.



He claims he has been subjected to beatings and religious-style ceremonies in Nigeria to get rid of his behaviour, which his mother did not approve of.



Erhire is a devout Christian who had tried to instil a strong sense of discipline in her child and does not approve of his lifestyle, the court heard.



The 17-year-old is still being held against his will – and it is unclear exactly where he is, the High Court in London was told.



His mother was ordered to have her son brought back to Britain but she obstructed efforts and was jailed for eight months yesterday.



Edirin had flown out to Nigeria, where his father John Idogun is a special adviser to the governor of the Delta State, in July.



The teenager, from Newham, East London, was expected back in August to start a college course in Hackney.



He had been given a protection order under forced marriage laws by a judge last year and provided with emergency accommodation before he disappeared.



In November, after a hearing before another judge, Mrs. Erhire signed a letter instructing her sister to facilitate the return of Edirin from his Nigerian boarding school.



In February, Edirin attempted to leave Nigeria but was intercepted by immigration officials and taken off his British Airways flight from Lagos.



Mrs. Justice Macur ruled Mrs. Erhire was not responsible for the February incident but had found she was complicit in November in ‘thwarting’ the court‘s efforts to have Edirin returned.



“The chronology has shown beyond peradventure that this woman only co-operates in the face of a prison sentence and then begrudgingly,” she said.



She ordered that Mrs. Erhire should be committed to Holloway Prison immediately for eight months, but said she would have the opportunity to apply to purge her contempt.



The student, who was due to study business and media after finishing his A-levels, came to Britain with his mother in 2004 and had settled in Newham.


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Re: Uk Jails Nigerian For Forcing Son To Return Home ! by wales(m): 6:30am On Feb 16, 2011
UK is one of the places one can be proud of being its citizen. They realize that the mind is a terrible thing to waste. Ask Buhari & IBB how much the cared for educating the citizens or even themselves, they have nothing to say, only that they want to rule Nigeria. Under Buhari they were talking about closing some media & educational institutions while building more ’modern’ prisons. Close schools, build more prisons. What a disaster.
Re: Uk Jails Nigerian For Forcing Son To Return Home ! by dapachez: 6:51am On Feb 16, 2011
Nonsense and if the child becomes a nuisance in future who is to blame? Depending on the magnitude 9ja's name could be smeared.What has buhari and ibb got to do with this if i may ask. I have cousins who had to be brought back home to be trained properly because over there you cant discipline kids well(though i dont subscribe to beating and inhumane treatment) wetin concern those peeps sef. Pikin spoil na mama cause am
Re: Uk Jails Nigerian For Forcing Son To Return Home ! by favouredjb(f): 7:24am On Feb 16, 2011
She should hav trained the child from when he was still very young,i dnt blame her though

the lord is her strength,i hope they ll still have a good relationship after this experience
Re: Uk Jails Nigerian For Forcing Son To Return Home ! by Becomrichn: 8:02am On Feb 16, 2011
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