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[ICYMI] Fraudulent visa: Nigerian family fears deportation from Canada due to false admission letter

By: Adisa Deborah

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada have requested that Lola Akinlade, a Nigerian student at Nova Scotia Community College, leave the country owing to a forged acceptance letter she used to get a study visa and work permit. When Akinlade, a Social Services graduate, realized what had happened, he felt happy and worried.

 

A Nigerian university graduate, Akinlade, applied to study in Canada after obtaining an acceptance letter from a Canadian school. She said she was a victim of a ‘rogue agent’ who presented her with a fraudulent acceptance letter. The IRCC has asked that her case be re-examined.

 

The IRCC notified a Winnipeg lady that she must join the waitlist for classes at the University of Regina. She subsequently got a seat to study social services at Nova Scotia Community College, which matched her medical background. Two years later, the university received a fraudulent acceptance letter.

 

Akinlade was skeptical of the University of Regina’s receipt of an IRCC letter. CBC contacted Babatunde Isiaq Adegoke, who confirmed giving Akinlade the admission letter but claimed it was provided by Success Academy Education Consult. Adegoke helped Akinlade with his Canada application, but he was refused a spot on the University of Regina’s waitlist.

 

In March 2023, an IRCC officer wrote to Akinlade, noting that the department felt she knew the certificate was forged “on the balance of probabilities.”

 

Her husband, Samson Akinlade, and their eight-year-old Nigerian-born son, David, joined her in Nova Scotia in 2018, but they have now lost their temporary resident status. Their youngest son, who was born in Canada in 2021, has Canadian citizenship but does not have medical insurance due to his parents’ status.