Friday, January 06, 2006

The Dilemma of the African Man

I have a very strong felling that the black man still revere the white man and the White have no respect for the Black people especially Africans. They still prefer the Arabs (who will bomb them to death) . Otherwise how do we explain to the rest of the world the rate at which Nigerians are being spirited out of the UK every other day.
Two weeks back, a friend of mine who has lived in London with his 'white girlfriend' for six years seven months was arrested and he is likely to be deported. It is only the Queen who can save him as things are now.
What offence did he commit? He over-stayed his welcome.
Anini ( not his real name for security reasons) came into the UK with a two years student visa to study for an MBA. Before you could say 'hey', two years has rolled by. Anini was now faced with the unpleasant option of either going back to Nigeria - to contend with NEPA, Armed Robbers, the ever present snake like traffic jam on Lagos roads or risk the hell by staying put and be branded as an illegal immigrant.
He chose the later. He chose to stay for two major reasons. One, the power of the Pound; the only currency in the world with a surname. The Pounds Sterling as it is called. The other reason was his oyinbo girlfriend. It appear then, that their love was made in Buckingham palace - signed, sealed, and delivered by Her Majesty The Queen.
Everyone thought it was a perfect match and things appear to be actually going smoothly for both of them. They lived together. The mother and father of the 'oyinbo babe' approved of Anini inspite of the fact that he is not the most handsome young man around. I am not saying this out of spite. It is my opinion that Anini's head is rather too large for his face. My friend has a small oval face, short neck, and a humpty dumpty head. To make matters worse, his 'B' shape nose covers his entire face. Often times I wonder what this girl sees in him! (if he ever gets to read this, hell will be let loose).
Anyway, the gist is that Anini and his 'oyinbo babe' had a fight... and he dared to to raise his 'black scaled crocodile like hand' against an oyinbo girl. That was it!
An over-busied-body hag of a woman pensioner, who no one ever suspected lived in that apartment and who felt it was her business to rescue female Britons from Blacks like Anini( who does no deserve to befriend a white girl) called in the police.
And you know, the efficiency of the British policeman heightens when a black brother is involved. He was arrested pronto for assault.
One question leads to another and soon enough, Anini's immigration status was blown open. He has over stayed.
That was the beginning of the end for his stay in the UK. His dream of marrying an 'oyinbo' and having an indefinite stay has been shattered by one moment of madness.
We have called and apologised to the 'oyinbo' babe on behalf of Anini. We have appealed to her parents to drop charges and they have obliged. But, the Home Office cum immigration say he has violated the law. His punishment is outright deportation.
Anini has been advised to apply for asylum. But the Home Office says no way, he has no grounds!
My question is: why is it so difficult for an African to seek redress in the UK, and indeed any where in the developed world? if Anini and his girlfriend were Africans, would the hag of a pensioner call in the police? If Anini had not over stayed, and the girl and her parents say they were not pressing charges, I wonder what the punishment would be for him.
If a Briton or German or a French man slaps his girlfriend or wife and he has over stayed in Lagos or Abuja, would the police hear of it? If they hear of it, would they hand over the culprit to immigration officers? If they hand over the culprit to immigration, would immigration officers carry out their duties without prejudice, and would they apply the full wrath of the law like their counterparts else where?

4 comments:

Nneka's World said...

Cause they hate us! We take their jobs, we are very hardworking, we are fraudsters, we take their men and especially women, so this is a ways of punishing us for all our “atrocities” Also we are sort of ruining their economy with all the bank frauds and despite all the measures that they are putting in place to catch us, we still find new ways to beat it, and lastly we are SMART!

But it’s a shame sha! Eya, oh well many a guys get deported from dreary old Uk and they still manage to come back to the Uk, so if he is smart enough he can do so or get the girl to marry him in nigeria and process his papers from there and hopefully they will accept the application

Imnakoya said...

First of all, it wrong for any man to lay his hands on any woman regardless of color.

I would have thought he could get a better job with his MBA in Nigeria, rather than staying back and doing "you-know-what" in the UK. This attutide is wrong and has led quite a few into problem. He have gone home and put his knowledge to the best use.

Why blame the UK authorities when the fault lies with our "masters" at home, I wonder.

Queenb said...

Hmmmm..Oga O, first I want to applaud Imnakoya...you should never hit a woman..period. having said that, I don't really blame the UK authorities, I mean come on, our people have done mad damage overseas and as such we have created a notoriety for ourselves that is hard to decipher the good from the bad. Too bad for Anini, I hope things work out.

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