Murderer to be deported to Nigeria despite never setting foot here

A killer has complained from jail that he will be deported to Nigeria, though he has never been to Africa.

Junior Bayode was 16 when he took part in the mob stabbing of 15-year old Sofyen Belamouadden.

Mr Belamouadden was chased by a gang of around 20 youths from a rival school and stabbed nine times in just 12 seconds in front of shocked commuters in Victoria Underground Station in central London two years ago.

Bayode was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment after the teen was found dead.

Now 22, Bayode blasted jail chiefs over the decision to deport him to Nigeria when he is due to be freed in 2019.

His mother is from Nigeria but he was born in Germany and came to the UK aged nine months.

He wrote from Moorland jail in Doncaster that he is “struggling to understand” why he is being deported. He added: “I may not have been born here but all I know is the British way of life.

He added: “I have neither travelled nor been to any other country since I arrived in the UK over 20 years ago.

“My past, my present and my future is firmly rooted in British soil, hence why I am struggling to understand why I have been served with a deportation order to a country I have never been to - Nigeria.

"I was distraught when I read on the order that I can only appeal after my deportation."

Despite his appeal Bayode is still to be deported to Nigeria on his release.

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