Bimbo Ayelobola with her babies. THESUN.CO.UKA Nigerian, Bimbo Ayelobola, who gave birth to a set of quintuplets while on a visit to UK, may soon be deported if her application for visa extension fails.
Mrs Ayelobola, 33, was granted a six-month visa in December to visit her relations in London but gave birth to three girls and two boys at Homerson Hospital, in April.
She is now seeking for a six-month extension of her visa because she considers her quintuplets too frail to travel.
Mrs Ayelobola told journalists that she took fertility drug ‘Clomid’ in 2010 in Lagos and when she discovered she was pregnant in November, she applied for a visa to visit her sisters in London.
“I had already had miscarriages and couldn’t bear the stress another pregnancy will cause.
“I decided to visit my family in London; I thought I would stand a better chance of avoiding another miscarriage in a calmer place with friends and family,” she said.
She further said she wanted to remain in the UK so that she and the children would continue to get the support of her relations.
Meanwhile, hospital sources told the Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in London that the babies were delivered after “a complex” caesarean section.
“The five babies were each treated in a special-care unit at a cost of about 1,000 pounds a day because they were born prematurely.
“This would cost 35,000 pounds for a week’s care which she cannot afford to pay,” the source said.
Reacting, the United Kingdom Border Agency, which handles immigration matters, said it would thoroughly investigate any reports of anyone breaking the terms of their visas.
An official, who craved anonymity, told NAN that the agency officials frequently reported cases of passengers arriving in an advanced state of pregnancy after securing visitor’s visa.
“About 150 cases a year have been identified at Gatwick Airport including some who have used the National Health Service (NHS) for previous births and have not paid their bills,” the source said.
The source also said the quintuplets did not have an automatic right to British citizenship, in spite of being born in the UK.
“To qualify, they would need at least one parent who is British, or who has indefinite leave to remain in the country,” the source added.
NAN recalls that the UK government in March announced new immigration rules which stated that any overseas visitor owing more than 1,000 pounds under the NHS will not be allowed into the country until the debt was paid off.
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