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By Today News AfricaOctober 13, 2026Updated October 13, 2026

Tinubu Square, Lagos — Tinubu Square in Lagos, Nigeria, photographed on Aug. 2, 2014. Izuchukwu Ozurumba, the Nigerian at the center of the Supreme Court case, was deported to Nigeria in 2025. (File photo)Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

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