A senior border official is facing a “substantial” prison sentence after pleading guilty to issuing visas to “scores” of non-European citizens who had no right to stay in Britain.
Samuel Shoyeju, 53, had tens of thousands of pounds deposited in his bank account as he committed a “vast breach of trust” by allowing immigrants to remain in the country indefinitely, Basildon Crown Court heard.

The prosecution conceded that it could not prove he was motivated by money, but the father of three was remanded in custody pending sentencing, after he admitted one count of misconduct in a public office. Six further counts, including the concealment of funds and the possession of false Nigerian passports, were dropped.

The case will heap further pressure on the UK Border Agency, which is embroiled in controversy after allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners to enter the country without full passport and anti-terrorism checks.

Brodie Clark, the head of the UK border force, resigned on Tuesday, accusing Theresa May, the Home Secretary, of misleading the public over the Government’s compliance in the pilot scheme.

Shoyeju, from Canvey Island, Essex, was employed as a senior border official at the agency’s head office in Croydon, where he vetted African applicants for British passports, and granted “indefinite leave to remain” to non-eligible foreign nationals. He had also worked as an entry clearance officer in Nigeria, the court heard
Lucy Kennedy, prosecuting, said various documents suggested that he had been paid by the beneficiaries of the counterfeit visas he unlawfully issued. Cash payments in the tens of thousands were also going through his accounts at the time of the offence, on or before April 2008, she added.

Miss Kennedy said: “There is an inference to be drawn that he was motivated by money, he did not do it out of the kindness of his heart. This was not an act of charity.”

But Stephen Linehan QC, defending, insisted the allegation should not be taken into account when sentencing, arguing: “It cannot be proven that he did it for money.”

Judge Christopher Mitchell concluded it was “somewhere between charity and a business”. He turned down an application for bail, warning Shoyeju he faced a “substantial period in custody”.

He will be sentenced following the trial of a co-defendant, Violet Savizon, 47, from Thornton Heath, south London, who is charged with three counts of misconduct in a public office, conspiracy and breaching immigration laws.

A third defendant, Rashidat Aina-Obe, 36, from Dagenham, Essex, had pleaded guilty to fraud. She is believed to be the recipient of a letter falsely granting her indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and will be sentenced at a later date.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/8882858/Border-official-gave-away-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-pounds.html

Another Nigerian making headlines for all wrong reasons, do we still wonder why getting a good job in the UK as a Nigerian is getting harder by day?

Na the same people, !! (Yoruba) so why Bother
No wonder that name Nigeria is tantamount to the grossest part of the bin, Shame Shame.!! This is what makes me always feel like im not a Nigerian because i dont feel like i belong to this Crap.

Denting Nigeria's image.

OkparaIgbo:

[b]Na the same people, !! (Yoruba) [/b]so why Bother
No wonder that name Nigeria is tantamount to the grossest part of the bin, Shame Shame.!! This is what makes me always feel like im not a Nigerian because i dont feel like i belong to this Crap.

Nobody cares if he is Yoruba or Igbo, we are treated as Nigerians and the shame is on Nigeria as a whole.

Nairaland!!! why do you like misleading people? this incident happened long time ago

anishe:

Nairaland!!! why do you like misleading people? this incident happened long time ago

What is the meaning of misleading? Any lies in that article?

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your response to issues sometimes esplly when the issues got to do with a Nigerian is quite intriguing

hmmm it look like u hate yourself a lot!!

your eyes will be quick to focus on the nigerian but gone blind on the so called white officers that relax the border checking

This is why when i travel out i find it very difficult to say am a nigerian. its really sad.

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next time put plastic bag on top of your face

inferiority complex

ikeyman00:

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your response to issues sometimes esplly when the issues got to do with a Nigerian is quite intriguing

hmmm it look like u hate yourself a lot!!

your eyes will be quick to focus on the nigerian but gone blind on the so called white officers that relax the border checking

How do i hate myself? By discussing the shameful way some Nigerians disgraces us?

White border officials relaxing check at the point of entry is not as bad as somebody giving away visas for money.

If you don't want pple to disuse issues like this then keep ur hands off crime.

divine2043:

Nicely put justwise, no one cares where he is from. I hope that tribalists on this site who are always quick to slam igbos would appreciate that.

Yea i don't like it when pple bring issues like this down to tribe, a Nigerian committed the crime and should be seen as such.

who knows how many people's lives he and his gangs have destroyed only because they could not afford to pay him the tens of thousands of pounds even though they qualify for to be granted a visa. very dangerous cancers in the society.

Samuel Shoyeju

Yoruba!

Oleba!

Oleshini ba!

Forged ducument ba!

Oluwole ni ba!

419ni ba!

Moneylaundering ni ba!

Drug Trafficking ni ba!

Useless people ni ba!

Yoruba ni ba!

Ole! Ole!! Ole!!!

Meet a nigerian abroad especially YORE OLE BA! and you are in deep shit.  Avoid them especially in the UK where their stock in trade is lies and cheating!

adamaw2tuf:

who knows how many people's lives he and his gangs have destroyed only because they could not afford to pay him the tens of thousands of pounds [b]even though they qualify for to be granted a visa. [/b]very dangerous cancers in the society.

Well. . . that is the bitter truth, since everybody pays him, genuine applicants who are not ready to bribe him will suffer.

LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD, THE YOROBAHS ARE THE GREATEST CREDIT CARD SCAMMERS ON EARTH TOGETHER WITH GHANAIANS. THE YOROBAHS RAN THE HIGHEST EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT SCAMS IN USA AND UK. ASK ANYONE IN UK HOW D'BANJ MADE HIS MONEY.

THE YOROBAHS ARE THE BIGGEST DRUG BARONS IN NIGERIA. THE YOROBAHS WERE THE FIRST NIGERIANS TO MIGRATE TO THE UK AND USA WHERE THEY STARTED RUNNING DRUGS BC OTHER NIGERIAN TRIBES JOINED RECENTLY.

SAD THING IS, THESE YOROBAH PEOPLE NO GET BRAIN, THEY USE THEIR ILL GOTTEN WEALTH TO BLEACH THEIR SKINS AND THROW SERIES OF OWAMBE PARTIE, THE REST WASTE THEIRS ON JUJU AND BLACK MAGIC,

OHH THESE PEOPLE ALWAYS CLAIM TO BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT BLACK TRIBE? HOW COME THEY DRAW DIRTYY, BACKWARD AND IRRITATING LION MARKS ON THE FACES OF THEIR CHILDREN? AN EDUCATED PERSON WILL NOT DO THAT TO THEIR CHILDREN

Fraud, skeptism and now tribalism

igbogolo:

Samuel Shoyeju

Yoruba!

Oleba!

[b]Oleshini ba!

Forged ducument ba!

Oluwole ni ba!

419ni ba!

Moneylaundering ni ba!

Drug Trafficking ni ba!

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]Useless people ni ba![/font]

Yoruba ni ba!

Ole! Ole!! Ole!!![/b]

Meet a nigerian abroad especially YORE OLE BA! and you are in deep poo.  Avoid them especially in the UK where their stock in trade is lies and cheating!

   

 

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lack of proper home training. why and how we go better. yeye country. naija una try well well. is there anything left to be proud of for being a nigerian?

God dey

Ricky_Ross:

LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD, THE YOROBAHS ARE THE GREATEST CREDIT CARD SCAMMERS ON EARTH TOGETHER WITH GHANAIANS. THE YOROBAHS RAN THE HIGHEST EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT SCAMS IN USA AND UK. ASK ANYONE IN UK HOW D'BANJ MADE HIS MONEY.

THE YOROBAHS ARE THE BIGGEST DRUG BARONS IN NIGERIA. THE YOROBAHS WERE THE FIRST NIGERIANS TO MIGRATE TO THE UK AND USA WHERE THEY STARTED RUNNING DRUGS BC OTHER NIGERIAN TRIBES JOINED RECENTLY.

SAD THING IS, THESE YOROBAH PEOPLE NO GET BRAIN, THEY USE THEIR ILL GOTTEN WEALTH TO BLEACH THEIR SKINS AND THROW SERIES OF OWAMBE PARTIE, THE REST WASTE THEIRS ON JUJU AND BLACK MAGIC,

OHH THESE PEOPLE ALWAYS CLAIM TO BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT BLACK TRIBE? HOW COME THEY DRAW DIRTYY, BACKWARD AND IRRITATING LION MARKS ON THE FACES OF THEIR CHILDREN? AN EDUCATED PERSON WILL NOT DO THAT TO THEIR CHILDREN

According to Nigeria division of crime, Igbos head the drug dealing/pushing sector.

yet another Yoruba man from ekiti,
the u.k government should hunt down all the people that entered britian through this guy and have them deported.
as for the old man,he deserves a life time in prison for conpromising u.k's security

why ppl complaining about blunt truth ppl says,its not tribalism is blunt truth that yoruba does all stuff,yes am yoruba n i forever love my tribes,
Another truth is that igbo's are worst because they invest in fake drugs which is killing there own generations,anything fake is invest by igbo's ,and they had already like virus in all africa's selling fake things.
Another truth is that hausa too are more than worst because they install themselves on nigeria wealth and impoverish nigerian including their own tribes which are leading in begging alms in d nation.
Another truth is that this westerner ppl think they are saint?they are the most corrupt human beign in the world,and they control n govern the whole resources to favour their own citizen,and not care if others are dying.all those W.H.O, U.N etc are just carmouflaging.
The real truth is that AFRICAN most united .ppl should see beyond their tribes and come together to face this world termites which are westerner.

ooohun ni yen.

babaowo:

why ppl complaining about blunt truth ppl says,its not tribalism is blunt truth that yoruba does all stuff,yes am yoruba n i forever love my tribes,
Another truth is that igbo's are worst because they invest in fake drugs which is killing there own generations,anything fake is invest by igbo's ,and they had already like virus in all africa's selling fake things.
Another truth is that hausa too are more than worst because they install themselves on nigeria wealth and impoverish nigerian including their own tribes which are leading in begging alms in d nation.
Another truth is that this westerner ppl think they are saint?they are the most corrupt human beign in the world,and they control n govern the whole resources to favour their own citizen,and not care if others are dying.all those W.H.O, U.N etc are just carmouflaging.
The real truth is that AFRICAN most united .ppl should see beyond their tribes and come together to face this world termites which are westerner.

Sort your own tribe out first before trying to face the West. Don't blame the West, we Nigerians are to be blamed for our wicked crimes.

Well

And who says there are no corrupt people in the Western world. Corruption is everywhere and I for one person clearly state that the Westerners never give you anything for free, its always something for something,  African unity can make our continent strong. We don't have to let them give us conditions for everything, We can also make them kneel to us because they also need us in one way or the other. Do you know how much the British embassy makes out of our pockets. Let's unite and strengthen our nation and continent instead of being hypocritic, A law is always made so it can be broken.

ajibsca:

And who says there are no corrupt people in the Western world. Corruption is everywhere and I for one person clearly state that the Westerners never give you anything for free, its always something for something,  African unity can make our continent strong. We don't have to let them give us conditions for everything, We can also make them kneel to us because they also need us in one way or the other. Do you know how much the British embassy makes out of our pockets. Let's unite and stop being hypocritic, A law is always made so it can be broken.  

. . and when you break that law you pay the price, your point about British embassy taking money from us is nonsense, Nigeria embassy in London don't give out visa for free and if you don't want the British embassy to take ur money then keep ur money and stay in Nigeria, is that simple.

Mr justwise, I'm clearly and directly pointing out to you that crime is everywhere , the only difference is the rates of crime in every given society. I'm not saying the man did a right thing but he's obviously not the first person to do a thing as such. You can Blame him, but dont generalise your opinions about Nigerians being corrupt, And you better learn to be polite with your words and stop making a job out of trying to criticize other peoples post, mr know it all