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Supporters of a Belfast-based Nigerian family facing deportation are to hold a vigil in a last-minute attempt to change the Home Office decision. Supporters of a Belfast-based Nigerian family facing deportation are to hold a vigil in an attempt to change the Home Office decision.
Comfort Adefowoju, who has four young children, is currently being held at a detention centre in England.Comfort Adefowoju, who has four young children, is currently being held at a detention centre in England.
They will be sent back to Nigeria later on Monday, she has been told. The family's deportation was delayed on Monday after Home Office officials were blamed for a ticketing error.
Friends and supporters of Mrs Adefowoju are to gather at Belfast City Hall to urge the Home Office to reconsider and permit the family to return to Belfast. Friends and supporters of Mrs Adefowoju are to gather at Belfast City Hall to urge the Home Office to reconsider.
They want the family to be permitted to return to Belfast.
Mrs Adefowoju fled Nigeria with her children two years ago, saying she had been threatened by paramilitaries there.Mrs Adefowoju fled Nigeria with her children two years ago, saying she had been threatened by paramilitaries there.
She has already won two last-minute reprieves after a campaign was launched and local politicians intervened on her behalf.She has already won two last-minute reprieves after a campaign was launched and local politicians intervened on her behalf.
One of the campaign organisers, Fionola Meredith, said: "It makes no sense to us that the Home Office is pushing ahead with her removal when she has so much support in her Belfast community and compelling evidence from Nigeria."One of the campaign organisers, Fionola Meredith, said: "It makes no sense to us that the Home Office is pushing ahead with her removal when she has so much support in her Belfast community and compelling evidence from Nigeria."