Overview
- The Home Office rejected Olabode Shoniregun’s claim on 5 June 2025 and certified it as “clearly unfounded” under section 94, removing any right of appeal.
- Coverage reports he received social housing, a bank account and about £400.19 a month from Islington Council and Saint Stephen’s Church, though the council denies providing financial support to rejected asylum seekers.
- He was removed from the social housing in November after alleged aggressive conduct toward staff that prompted police involvement.
- Officials offered a voluntary return on 10 December with £1,500 and a flight to Las Vegas, but a week later an airline at Heathrow deemed him unfit to fly; the Home Office says it is working to remove him.
- He previously stayed in taxpayer-funded hotels and says he fled the US after alleged sexual assaults by police, while also saying he would return to visit but does not want to be deported.