A boy sued his parents to court after they brought him to Africa to stay and study. The boy was born in the UK and was sent to a boarding school in Africa, and this did not go down well with him......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The boy is said to be 13 years old, and he has made it clear that he does not want to stay in Africa.
However, his parents insisted that bringing him to school in Africa was to protect him from what they considered his inappropriate behaviours in the UK.
He then filed a case against his parents through his lawyers, who argued that the boy had been abandoned.
Rebecca Foulkes, a lawyer to the boy’s father, said he was tottering towards criminal behaviours.
Rebecca said:
“From the father’s perspective, there was a clear deterioration in (his son’s) behaviours with a move towards criminal behaviours. There is no real acceptance from (him) of the risks to which he was exposing himself.”
Boy is suffering emotionally, his lawyers say
But in a counterargument, Deirdre Fottrell KC, a lawyer representing the boy in court, said there was clear evidence he was suffering emotionally due to the relocation from the UK to Africa.
The lawyer said:
“The steps that this boy, not yet 14, has taken to try and remedy the awful situation he finds himself in are extreme. There is clear evidence that he is being harmed emotionally, psychologically and possibly physically in the environment in which he has been placed.
“It is extraordinary that his parents would consider it fair or appropriate to leave him in such an environment. The likely effect (of returning home) does not include being stabbed, shot or other dramatic outcomes that his parents fear based on their views of gang membership – (the boy’s) evidence that he is not in any gang is categorical.”
The case was adjourned to continue at a later date.
Man living abroad sends his children to Nigeria
In a related story, a Nigerian man living in Europe said he has sent all his children back to Nigeria to spend some time in their country.
The man insisted that his children must experience Nigeria and also finish secondary school before coming back to Europe.
According to him, his children must know how hard it is to be a Nigerian before he would allow them to live abroad.
