A WOMAN who tried and failed eight times to get asylum has been granted the right to stay in the UK after joining a terror group to boost her claim.
Upper tribunal judge Gemma Loughran, who gave the 49-year-old Nigerian the right to stay, acknowledged she was being dishonest about her political beliefs.
The judge said she became involved with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IOPB) only “in order to create a claim for asylum”.
The woman came to the UK in 2011 and joined the separatist group in 2017, reports The Daily Telegraph, which has seen court documents relating to the case.
IOPB has been blamed for acts of violence against the Nigerian state, where it has been banned as a terrorist organisation – but it’s not …