By Evarist Baimu Nyaga Mawalla - Home

students at his school; that he was arrested for having organized the strike anddetained for three days during which time he was whipped and beaten and that aguard, who he believed had been bribed by his father had then smuggled himinto an aircraft bound for Lagos where he acquired a false Nigerian passport anda ticket for a flight to London.An application was then made for leave to apply for judicial review and as aresult the directions which had been made for his removal by the Home Office,which had been set for 17 January 1991, were cancelled. The basis of theapplication for leave was that the Secretary of State had failed to consider certainfacts. On 20 March 1991 the application was refused by Kennedy J. The removaldirections were then scheduled for 28 March 1991. M then promptly applied torenew his application for leave before the Court of Appeal, but his solicitors failedto file the appropriate documents and so the application was not listed.On 11 April 1991 M was examined by a doctor from the Medical Foundation forthe Care of Victims of Torture and he prepared a report dated 12 April 1991which set out his opinion as follows:I found nothing in his history or its presentation to suggest that it was in any wayunreliable. His description of prison conditions has been confirmed innumerabletimes by other people who have experiences them. The scars he bears areentirely compatible with the causes he ascribes to them. He is suffering a degreeof dealness and spinal trouble quite likely to have arisen from his mistreatment.Psychologically he describes symptoms very likely to arise from the experienceshe described. He shows some evidence of depression and his continued545