Sham marriage immigration offenders jailed for 3 years

09 December 2010
A Czech bride and Nigerian groom were today jailed for staging a sham marriage in a bid to beat UK immigration rules.
At Burnely Crown Court, Idowu Komolafe, a 34-year-old Nigerian national, was jailed for 21 months for perjury and assisting unlawful immigration.
Kveta Pokosova, a 45-year-old Czech national, was jailed for 16 months for bigamy, perjury and assisting unlawful immigration. Both had pleaded guilty to charges at an earlier court hearing.
The couple were arrested by our officers after it emerged that Pokosova was paid £3,000 to go through with the wedding ceremony at St Peter's Church in Accrington on 3 June 2009.
A sham marriage typically occurs when a non-European national marries someone from the European Economic Area, including the UK, as means of attempting to gain long-term residency and the right to work and claim benefits.
Dave Magrath, Head of the North West immigration crime team, UK Border Agency, said:
'Today's sentencing sends out a strong message to those thinking of undertaking sham marriages in order to gain entry to the UK or seeking to make a profit from helping others to do so.
'We have specialist teams of immigration officers and police working to investigate cases just like this to ensure people are not able to benefit from breaking the UK's immigration laws. Whether you take part in the marriage or arrange for others to stage fake weddings we are determined to track down those involved and bring them to justice.'

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2010/dec/28sham-marriage-offenders

sorry!

I'm not suprised that a Nigerian is involved, hardly will u read a story like that without a Nigerian name been mentioned

Idowu Komolafe, a 34-year-old Nigerian national,

Statistics never fail.

45-year-old Czech national,

Red flag right there.

Yoruba boys na wah. They would marry lesbians, homosexuals, old women. . .old enough to be their mothers. . . all for residency.