Posted by The serial fraudster has been allowed to stay in the UK after fathering three children here
A DRUG smuggler who was deported three times has won the right to stay in the UK after judges ruled it would upset his family life.
Fraudster Oduola Toye snuck back into the country using fake names after being booted out repeatedly for smuggling Class A drugs.
The Home Office deemed the Ghanaian to be a threat to public safety due to his history of drug convictions and fraud.
But despite using a string of false names over 40 years, he has now been allowed to remain because he fathered three children here.
An immigration tribunal ruled deportation would breach his right to family life under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Finding in favour of Toye, Judge Sarah Pinder deemed the risk of the drug smuggler re-offending to be “low
In 1987, Toya was found guilty of deception after operating under the fake name Sunday Ogundare.
Following his conviction, he was fined and deported to Nigeria.
In 1993, he successfully applied for a visitor’s visa under another name, Ogundare Badmus.
But he was snared upon arrival into the UK after he was found with illegal drugs, before being sentenced to four years in prison..
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