BN Hot Topic: UK Delivery Mother of Quintuplets at Risk of Deportation
Posted on Friday, July 8th, 2011 at 1:38 PMBy Glory Edozien
If you’ve ever lived abroad, discussions about the length of stay given to foreigners must be one you’ve heard only too often. I certainly had my fair share of listening to arguments in the press about migrants who become a ‘burden’ on the purse strings of the tax payer. Never mind that a good handful of these migrants, are in most cases, legitimate Visa holders who are in employment and thus tax payers themselves. However, I do agree, that examples exist where immigrants have overstayed on their visa or defaulted on the legal requirements of the right of abode. But some times we hear of cases where it becomes altogether to difficult to judge.
One of such cases is that of Bimbo Ayelabola, who according to the UK Newspaper, “The Sun”, has given birth to quintuplets. According to the media source, Bimbo had been taking double the required prescription of a highly potent fertility drug, because she had suffered miscarriages in the past. When she learnt she was pregnant, she obtained a UK Visitors Visa and went to London to ensure she had adequate rest. It was during the scan in a UK hospital that it was discovered she was expecting 4 babies (a fifth baby was later discovered). Following emergency care given by the National Health Service, Bimbo’s estimated hospital bill is now placed at around £200,000. Her husband, who had visited earlier, is now thought to have fled back to Nigeria after discovering the conditions of her birth.
Bimbo is now seeking to extend her visa which expired in June by another 6 months because she believes she has an insufficient “support network” of family and friends left in Nigeria to help her bring up her kids since they are all in the UK. She is also arguing that the babies are too fragile to fly home. She also insists that at the time of applying for her UK visa, she had no idea she was expecting more than one child.
As you can imagine, this case has gathered a lot of media attention and comments from various arenas. A spokes person for the UK Home Office has been quoted as saying “The NHS is a national health service, not an international one. We expect those with no right to be in the UK to leave, otherwise we will remove them.” Conservative MP Chris Skidmore has also said that “It’s not acceptable for health tourism to continue in the way it has done”. Officials are also considering asking Bimbo to pay for the costs of her care which according to the hospital includes treatment by consultants, paediatricians, nurses, midwives, social workers and back-up staff.
There is however a human element to this situation which should not be overlooked. Bimbo Ayelabola must doubtlessly feel overwhelmed by her situation, especially since her husband has allegedly abandoned her. Looking after one child is enough for any new mother to contend with, let alone the nuances involved with taking care of 5 children!
What do you all think? Has Bimbo Ayelabola legally faulted the terms of her Visa and should thus be asked to return to Nigeria. Should she be asked to pay the hospital bill, since she is not a UK citizen and therefore has no legal right to free health care? Or should the UK government extend her stay for the period required?
Maybe there is also a bigger question to ask here, what is our government doing about our health care in our own country? Nigeria has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, what is the Nigerian government doing to improve infant mortality rates and the general level of care in our hospitals? Surely if we had a better health care system, women like Bimbo might not feel the need to travel outside of the country.
What do you all think? Let’s discuss!!!!
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its really sad for her husband to abandon her in this time of her life… i also think the nigerian high commision in the UK should do all they can to get her stay extended and pay her bills.. after all if she were to be an american i belive the U govt would have done that.. kapish
Let her go home and when the children are of age they can come for their passport
are u a joker? which passport? Being born in the UK no longer entitles a foreigner to UK citizenship. There are now an added condition of a minimum number of years of residency of the child.Wake up and smell the fresh air mate!
I dont think this lady is losing sleepover the issue of passport for these adorable babies. she obviously is more concerned about the welfare and well being of her children especially as they are still very tender and fragile. Then there is the issue of the bills………. Phewww.. tough one. Tough one!
Gees!
funniest yap ever heard.
She needs to be deported ASAP. As soon as the babies reach a condition where it is safe for them to travel, she should be put on a plane back to Nigeria. This is just taking the piss. After ringing up an astronomical medical bill she has the effrontery to ask for a visa extension? In no way is she or her babies entitled to anything from the UK Government. I guess she thought because she gave birth to the babies there they would automatically get a “stay”. Sorry but that is America Sweetie!
If they waive the fee for her medical expenses, she should thank her lucky stars as well. I know I sound harsh but this kind of story is exactly why the process of getting UK visas/dealing with the Home Office has become hellish, and things are set to get worse. Simply because people cannot respect themselves, and immigration law. I would be happy to donate to any fund that could be set up for her babies here in Nigeria, but first she has to come back here.
Peace.
i support u oh jare…dont mind all these nigerians that would never respect themselves.
support u a 100%. absolutely right…in my opinion dis whole thing was staged! d husband did not abandon her jare…..it’s part of d plan..kmt! sme nigerians just like to take d piss nd dey end up makin things difficult for oda nigerians..
I really do support you, if she had given birth in Lagos state, she would have gotten attention from the government and Nigerians with good heart. The health care system is not so bad that multiple gestation of 5 babies cant be delivered, is it just not CS that will be done…I am a medical doctor and I am talking on fact, we need to stop spreading our dirty linen in public in Nigeria
This is a harsh typically naija response!
She’s in need and we have an embassy there. So stop judging her in the most ridiculous manner and with the unnecessary criticism. If her country will not help her, certainly God will raise up a helper be it an individual or a consideration from the UK gov for her and particularly for the sake of those innocent babies.
In my opinion, she should keep pursuing her case of extending her stay till the babies are safe enough to travel. It will be very bad if she is forced out of the UK with those tender babies…what is 200k pounds to one life?
Sentiments aside, expecting UK tax payers to cover the cost of you and your 5 kids treatment and care is not reasonable. If the NHS went about treating every visitor from Africa or wherever free, the average NHS hospital will be no better than General Hospital Lagos. Pay the 200K+ and get the visa extension (for which they Home Office will also charge a tidy sum) or change clothes and GO! Ko jube lo. Simples.
To be objective, I think the U.K govt has a point. She told the embassy she was going for a visit and not for health reasons… hence she wld be violating the “no recourse to public funds” agreement on her visa. I think, they should extend her visa for a while till the babies are strong and then involve the Nigerian Govt. N.Govt. should bring her home and support her for a while.
hmmm… i don’t know if i should be happy or sad for her o.. this one that her hubby has walked out.. what type of man is dat sef. ah ahhh.. the heart of Man.
Indeed,dis God is faithful o!!!!pls could dey kindly leave dis woman alone…
first of all ,i don’t understand how the medical bill would be up 200,000 pounds..that’s alot for one person to bear.i just feel she should go back home to avoid unnecessary embarrassment for her n her children cos here in the UK rules are rules even if u have hundred children.what i think she should do is tell them she cannot afford it,pay Wat she can and go back home.plus she should be sure shes not getting a visa into the UK ever.it is so sad that people have to travel out of Nigeria to still get basic care.God help Nigeria.
I can tell you as a doctor that this sort of multiple birth is very high risk and thus requires a multi disciplinary team of experts dedicating tonnes of their time and resources. It requires extensive antenatal care, caesarian section delivery and post delivery monitoring since these babies would most likely have been born prematurely. Believe me 200,000 pounds is not too much for this sort ofadvanced medical care!
mr doc, £200,000 is not the issue. the issue here is the extension of her visa.
I think they should let her off in terms of paying the bills. £200000 is no small money. Except she has the money stashed somewhere she’ll need the grace of God and a very good samaritan to get that money.
However, I have to support the Home Office on the fact that she should leave the country once the babies are healthy and strong enough to travel because if she doesn’t, this will add another dent to the already deteriorating status of Nigerians in the UK. It will also affect other pregnant women who GENUINELY just want to come and rest.
Whichever way, The Lord is her Strength.
I think that she should be deported she is not the UK government’s responsibility. At least her country is not in war or political instability so she should go home
Hmm…..this is a very tough one. The humane side of me says please extend her visa, if for nothing at all, for the sake of the babies. But then again, there’s no free lunch even in Freetown!!! Can’t an NGO help raise the funds needed to pay for her medicals, so at least part of the problem is solved.
But I like oyinbo o!! They’ve provided care worth 200,000GBP on credit! That’s incredible!! Can NEVER happen in Naija!!
So like I said, can we involve some NGO’s and come to think of it sef, all these people on Forbes list etc, they shld be able to help out with stuff like this once in a while!!
I dont think the right questions are being asked here… (how can bimbo’s predicament be resolved?)! Its such a terrible thing, this should be a thing of joy NOT a curse… wish there was something I could do to help.
As a matter of fact there is, empty your account and send it to her because she will need it to buy 6 one way tickets to naija alternatively she could be deported so they will fly for free, in any case you can still empty your account for her she will need all the money she can get
please lets be objective in our opinion o
The Nigerian government has to do something about our health care system. It’s embarassing to say the least…Cute babies!
The law is the law!! First of all, she would jst hve to find the money to pay the hospital fees bcos she is neither a resident or a citizen.. She obviously knw wat she was getting herself into when she remained in the uk after realizing she was having quintuplets. She should hve jst gne bck 2 naija jeje! They say cut ur coat according to ur size.. u want 2 give birth in the uk but yet dnt hve d money 2 do so.. nawa 4 sme pple o!! if she had saved dat money she used 2 cme 2 d UK n used it 4 a very gud private hospital in naija she would nt be owing 200000 pounds!! mehn she is in real gbese!!! I am jst sick n tired of all these nigerians dat go all over d place given us a bad name!
honestly,no matter how large her family is back here in Nigeria,no one will be willing to assist her in raising 5 children @ once,except she has d money to employ nannies.Dat said,d british govt shud pls assist her on humanitarian grounds,cos d nigerian govt cant help dis woman for too long,if at all they decide they want to help.i knw waat it is like having a child in a foreign country,talkmore of having 5 at once!!!!na bill go kill persin.Uk abeg give dis woman and d kids permanent residence.na God i take beg u.
as a quad mom, i would say she should have had her babies here in Nigeria which i did because much as we like to think everything here has gone down the drain, there are some very good hospitals here that would have handled her case at less than a quarter of the bill she has run up. She should be granted a visa extension for her babies to get stronger and deported to Nigeria because in my opinion its going to be very difficult to raise those children without some really serious financial support.
I congratulate her on the birth of her quins but She has faulted the terms of her visa.
She was given a visitors visa not a health visa so she should pay all the hospital bills, the question now is can she afford it? Also she claims not to have enough support in naija so please tell me how she will have enough family support abroad? A place where everyman is for himself.
Am trying not to be sentimental but the law is the law. If the medical professionals have declared the children fit and ok, she should come back home.
I wish her all the best though cos na only one i get and i wan pull my hair commot talkless of 5 loun loun…God is merciful!
She cant possible get free health care in the UK its not her country. Was her plan to give birth in the UK and stay there or come back? Its sad that anything that concerns Nigerian is always seen a a scam….200,000pounds is not 200,000naira….But i think thats a bit too much sha
I think she should come back home and the NHS should just forget the bill…even if they give her residency, which day she go finish pay that kain bill? Kai! However if the babies are too young and fragile to travel, they should let her stay until they are strong enough, but subsequent bills should be sent to the Nigerian Embassy…time they stepped up to take care of one of their own.
good talk
Though the human angle to this story is touching, I believe she should be deported. The NHS is funded from the taxes of british citizens and legal residents, and should not be abused by illegal immigrants. People have been abusing the NHS because they are aware that the NHS will never deny emergency care to an illegal immigrant. This has to stop as it is not fair on the British government or economy. As for the 200,000 pounds bill, she will not be forced to pay it, if she cant afford it. Failure to pay will only lead to future denials on her visa applications to the UK.
let her father pay.she is a tissue of lies.her family is wealthy n her father is a polygamist who sells generators[ i dont mean small gen sets oh].he has his office on bode thomas in surulere where she also grew up.
LWKMDFH ooooo!How come U̶̲̥̅̊ know all this?when I first read this story It smelled fishy to M̶̲̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ .If all her family is in the uk like she says,why haven’t they come forward?
Yes, I was waiting for someone who knows her. Her dad is quite comfy but with lots of kids. She wont do badly in Nigeria,honestly.
woww….bahahahahahaha, where exactly did u get this information from tho??
Its so funny how lucrative the generator business is! The generators companies are in liason with the Nigerian government. No light = more generators = more Nigerians are fuscked over paying diesel for their generators on a daily basis.
The NIGERIAN GOVT IS A – HOLE OF GREEDY BASTARDS!
I was looking at the girl n i thot her face was familiar, this is Kemi aiyelabolas sister….her father has moni so he shld pay and stop embarrassing us.
Thanks as I know someone must know her
Lol u guys are funny. Can’t put anything pass nigerians. lol. I had a feeling someone was going to come in here saying they know her and her family.
Hmmm….. it’s a funny one to comment on but…… am positive she knew she was expecting multiples before she left naija to rest…. if she’s on a visting visa – it clearly states no recourse to public funds and we all know UK and bills….. I think she should do the honorable thing …. source funds to pay part of the bills and solicit a discount. But she should not spoil chances for other preggie peeps who intend to have their babies and jand o. I wish her all the best in whatever decision she or the UK govt take
But why are the kids arranged like buns in a basket?
LOOOOL. Everyone’s talking about what shld be done and you’re busy looking at how the kids are arranged. simply hilarious. laughed until i cried.
As a Nigerian living in the UK, I have heard the argument regarding immigration a bit too much. To be honest I respect that a proportion of Nigerian immigrants here are properly documented but we have to recognize that the minority does exist that are ‘illegally’ here.
There is the argument that all those here illegally MUST be deported as soon as possible but to be honest I think that it is fair to look at the argument from both sides of coin. To tackle the problem we should look at why Nigerians choose to emigrate from the country. The problem is that the country has failed a majority of its citizens to the extent that the country is not so habitable anymore.
The absence of a middle class in the country means that the gap between the working class and the upper class seems to widen every year. This means that the working class who cannot afford to habitat the country seem to leave the country as soon as they gather as much money as possible whilst the ones who have the money spend it like it means nothing to them.
Trying not to go off point the case of this lady above rather unfortunate. Truth is the Nigerian healthcare system has simply failed her. I’m sure when you look into it the poor lady was able to gather as much as possible to be able to bear her children in a safe environment. Trust the right wing parties and newspapers to slate her for her decision but they fail to recognize how British ex pats go around the world exploiting other nations. Her Human Rights must be considered.
I know I’ve gone off point but I can write so much on how the UK is rather xenophobic and how Nigerians take nonsense here because our government have failed us but you know what? As long as there’s God, there’s hope for us. I hope this lady is looked at with compassion from the UK Government
So cos Nigeria is the way it is, they should now be absorbing tax payer dollars in other country abi tori awon ni won ko ba Nigeria? Na dem swear for Nigeria abi?
if you dont want to take nonsense..PLS go back to your country. Atleast there, no one will dish nonsense to you. CAPISH
She is the reason why they make visas hard for folks going to the US & UK, they owe her nada. they cld have asked the Nigerian embassy to intervene in clearing those bills, so she thank her lucky stars that they have shown her some amount of compassion. * big hissssss with eyes rolling.
Are u a joker? Which passport? Being born in the UK no longer entitles a foreigner to UK citizenship since the eighties. There is now an added condition of the child residing in the UK for 7 years .Wake up and smell the fresh air mate!
I had issues with conception myself and when I eventually did (after 7 yrs), I took off to the UK for ‘safe’ medi-care. So I can understand Bimbo’s motive for going to the UK. However, my empathy stops there!! Babies can fly undertake 6-hr flights after 3 weeks so her excuses for staying on in the UK are lame and frankly, irresponsible. Talking of a support network to help with caring for the babies, unless her parents, siblings, grandma and all live in the UK (and I don’t think that’s d case here), staying on in busy UK where neighbourly support is absent is laughable.
There’s also the ignominious start she’s giving the kids! Popularity from birth cos one’s mother was threatened with deportation on grounds of illegal stay in another country, this slavery mentality na wa sha!
1. that she din’t know initially that she was havin mor dan 1 child (in this day and age) is ….er, arguable.
2.wot is the meaning of ‘going abroad to rest’? is Nigerian war-torn? or are there no women givin birth in this country?
3.how did she run up a bill of 200,000 british K?
4.who is arguing that we have such a “poor” health care system in Nigeria, that it’s either u go abroad 4 ur medical needs or u die?
5. The law is the law, she didn’t get a visa 4 health purposes, so she shud bow out.
6.looking after those kids will be hell 4 her anyway, even over there. coming back home is a better bet for her.
She certainly violated the terms of her visa, since a visitors visa clearly states no recourse to public funds. However, I am not going to demonize or crucify her for what she’s done. I imagine alot of people sceaming off with her head woulda done the same thing if they were in her shoes. Should she get an extension of her visa? Only if the kids are not fit to fly, otherwise they should put her on d nxt available flight home!
I think why they’re making so much noise is because she is Nigerian (yes, I said it!). This is a classic case of giving a dog a bad name. I bet there are countless legal and illegal migrants that fleece d UK tax payers of millions daily and we do not hear about it.
As for giving us bad name and making it difficult to obtain visa, na today? Abegi. Personally, I’m not interested in what is fair to the British govt. Since when is fairness to any kind of govt. priority.
I think the Nigerian govt should pick up the tab if she cannot pay. They are the reason why Her citizens flee to other countries for medical care. They have failed us and our children! They need to step up and do something. However, if she can afford to pay then she should begin to make some payments, and perhaps she may get some assistance. Something tells me she’s not as broke as she’s painting herself.
Glory, I don’t have d energy to analyze or rant abt how my nation has failed me and Her citizens; thus, sending us into self imposed exile in another man’s country. Where we live as
Second class citizens; regardless of legal status and accomplishments. If I start I won’t finish till kingdom come!
thats right… we have loads and loads of to other illegal immigrants with stories even worse than this….and they were still cared for.
Let’s just hope the baby would not be put into care and the govt might send her back home. On humanitarian ground, British govt should pardon her, afterall they go to Africa countries to help people as they claim. The woman knew what she was getting herself into but she probably thought she won’t be caught. The babies are cute thoe!
what pisses me off about this issue is how it will affect other pregnant women that geniuenly want to go and rest in jand before giving birth. We need to think about how the consequences of our actions affect other people. mtchewwww… she cum dey talk say she no get support system here(where her family is), so she wants to stay in jand!
unfortunately there is no law in the UK or US that states that the countries should pay for medical bills. Every country has their own rules and regulations which has helped them remain top notch. It is rather unfortunate that she may have to be deported but I can see why they would want to do it becuase if they didn’t do that, other people will come up with more sob stories there by creating even a much bigger problem for the govt and its citizens. I truly think this should make the Nigerian govt invest more in the health care system in Nigeria so that people wouldn’t have to travel for “rest” or deliveries abroad.
@ Ngozi, may God bless you for what you wrote.
they should wait for d babies to be stronger and deport her back to her home country
I for once knows that she went to the uK to had her babies not just to rest and obviously she know that’s she is carrying more than one baby and she shouldn’t pretend that she dint know…its the likes of hers that makes them deny me visa lastweek so I no pity her apll..let her come home simple at less my cousin went to had baby too and she is still there and she knew the cost it will incur before she left…now am been denied visa to help her home wit her baby and her stuff…come ome and stop been a liability on someon else
Firstly i don’t believe that bullcrap about her Husband abandoning her when he found out she had 5 kids..Nigerian ppl have big families all the time and since they’ve been trying for a while am sure he would have had no reason to be unhappy about their “predicament” …this abandonment story is obviously a sob story, to allow the ik govt to consider her as a single mother which would obviously help her case…Anyways, she should be given a 6month extention to allow the children to get stronger and then send them back on the next plane to naija…or else she’ll soon start claiming for benefits and my hard-earned money that i pay in taxes will go into providing a big house for her and her kids…I’m sorry but its terribly annoying when i, an immigrant as well, work and study at the same time, My family works hard to keep up mortgage payments, we cant afford to live in exclusive postcodes in the city, yet we pay tax for these ppl to come and do nothing and claim benefits…This is the reason why the Labour party lost out in the last elections, immigration has spun out of control especially when some ppl just come here to live off benefits and give every1 else a bad name…If u can’t come here and work hard like evry1 else,go back home, we’ll see who’ll provide free hospital payments and benefits for you there.
You don’t believe the b… about nigerian husbands abandoning multiple birth babies…and this must be because you didn’t read about the unfortunate sextuplets in Abeokuta some two years back…or hear thousands of similar stories on the streets of Nigeria. It is VERY believable that her husband abandoned her!
errrmmm… it is also very believable for her and her husband to sit down & draw up a plan to manipulate the system.. very believable ‘here’s what we will do, i will go back, tell them I abandoned u, this is our opportunity and after awhile I will come back when u have d papers and join, whenever d social care worker comes, i will make myself scarce’ Also very believeable ‘why did u take double dosage, after all d money we spent on fertility treatments, no wonder the bill kept going up, how could u b so deceitful, u have betrayed my trust and i need sometime to process this or u r on ur own!’
LOL… both r believable…
Sentiments apart,on discovering that she was carrying more than one child, she should have returned to Nigeria as the british health system is not meant to cover the cost of foreigners. The fact that they have accomodated her this far shows a humane angle and should not be taken for granted. Asking for an extension of her visa will only compound the issue and who will continue to pay her bills and thos of the babies? Secondly, these babies are not british citizens just because they were born there. Even though our health system is not the best but we still have a few good clinics where she would have had her babies and saved money to care for them. Thie lady should return to Nigeria and look for a job to fend for her babies. We are tired of Nigerians embarassing us abroad.
I think the woman should just pack her bags and go back to Nigeria. The UK govt has alreadly been genrous enough with the 200k pounds worth of health care she has already incurred. As soon as children are strong, off and away. This is not a question of sentiments or compassion. In Nigeria, she can get nannies to look after her children. Afterall she had 9 nine months to think about the future of her unborn children. Moreso, how can someone be so desperate..popping twice the recommended dose of fertility drugs and she thinks that it is now other ppls problem. Scheew ..oshinky
She should be deported once the babies are fit to fly,her state governor shouldnshow some financial support,as easy as ABC.
Congrats and God be praised for His mercies….well…my humble opinion is…..some1 that seems to know her commented that her Dad is wealthy and can afford her hospital bills…..I believe she went there intentionally to birth her babies knowing her health history….she has to pay off those bills and come home cos the next thing you know people pregnant and going to shop abroad will be banned abeg…she shud come home asap!….was she planning to live abroad before?
This woman should be sent home. Someone who got a UK visa, paid her flight fare to the UK and is engaging the services of a UK lawyer is not poor. This is a case of someone taking undue advantage. She was availed medical care despite the conditions on her visitors visa which states “no recourse to public funds” and she has the audacity to request an extension. It is because of people like her that well meaning Nigerians will be subjected to stricter procedures before we are granted visas. I wont put it past the authorities to introduce “peeing on a stick” aka pregnancy strip test before Nigerian women are granted visas.
Before i go off the tangent, the women should be sent back to Nigeria. As a Nigerian woman, i see her act as being opportunistic and i must say I was embarrassed.
if she is there illegally, she needs to find her square root back to whereever she came from. simple
and i also dont beleive her husband has abandoned her….for some1 that has been looking for kids and could afford to send his wife abroad will not run out they are yoruba for petes sake and are known to be communal, supportive of each other and there’s an adage I have heard but cant quote the yoruba version…”yoruba no dey reject pikin”….pls come home as soon as ur kids are healthy enuf!
iv read alot of comments and im so suprised @ alot of our comments eso coming from women…some true some jst funny..but has anyone tried to ask dt wot if she did not really kno she was expectng more dan one child? what if her husband has really run off..?its easy for us all to sit down n critise dis woman if anyone of u critics were her wot wld u do? rather dan sit down 2type with so much venom…i ask dt u look @ d other side of d coin. im not ready to demonise like som1 said earlier…rada wots d way out 4her. Someone said we shdnt say dt d healthcare system in 9ja is not bad i dare that person to come out in the public and come n say such. No hospital in 9ja will treat u without u dropping @ least 75% of ur bill. u nid to visit even general hospitals ans see how women die jst becos deir husbands cannot afford their hosp bills. Like i said the way out is what is important here and not critising the woman here…
What she meant was the money she spent on air fare and travelling xpenses, she should have used it to go to a private hospital. why go and put urself in debt.
Adorable babies……guys do smthing o for d sake of these innocent cuties.luv them already
Thank God for her safe delivery… however she needs to take some responsibility, especially if it’s true that she took double the dosage of her fertility drugs (is that story even plausible??) and aren’t fertility treatments very expensive? 200k is a lot to pay and expecting to stay is a lot to ask with 5 kids n no visible source of income on visitor’s visa…
my 2cents….the girl has to go! Period! Save yourself from media torture and save your country too
Its a sad situation and as a mother I worry about the babies.But after racking up a bill of £200,000( do the Naira equivalent at the rate of 263 to £) Oyibo don try. Once the babies are stronger, she should come back…she has relatives abi? What if she had the babies in Nigeria? would she not have paid her hospital bill or appealed for help and gone home?
Pls our comments should reflex our true essence, I may not knw what it is to be pregnant yet alone be pregnant for five, but I knw what it is to loss a mother from maternal mortality, our health care system has failed us, so also our government. Pls the amount of money we spend raising health workers and professionals who turn to immigrant for minal jobs like taxi drivers,hair dressers and cleaners in the uk is so unbelieveble, our governemt has so failed us even when we have NHIS scheme that limits parents(civil servants ) to four children below the age of 18, we work so hard yet we get nothing in return, only for our government funding the uk economy by buying big houses for their families in this same uk, where is amensty? we should be smart enought to demand our right even if its for just this lady, do u knw how much embassies make in a day on refusal visas, they should pay her 200k pounds and increase her stay, we are not slaves and one person may be a voice to millions, even if her father is rich or a polygamist he is not as rich as the uk government or our governors who loat our funds and ship to the uk, or other foreign countries. Of course nigeria is blessed but we should be smart. Pls end this issue and let’s stand for our rights. She must stay, and also deserves to live there free of charge.no sentiments attarched.
Darling…we shld b smart n strong enough to stand up 2 d corrupt leadership in our own country and not demand from another country. And anyone on fertility treatments knows that most of the time u end up with atleast twins… and also that they r not cheap, so I personally dont believe she is poor or that her husband really ran away, she messed up her situation n is now looking for a free ride in d UK
go and read the law of england and wales ,that will broaden your knowledge
Every1 watch d space very soon dey r gonna stop issuing visa’s to all pregnant women not only naijas but Africa as a whole. What this lady from naija did has always been done by so many africans wanting to come to europe to give birth to their babies it just dat the naija’s over do things dat is why it is alarming, i ‘ve known so many african ladies who have come abroad to have babies under the labour gov and were given houses or flats to live in and even some after returning to naija r renting these properties and often come back on holidays n enjoy d rent money n then go home again. All these should stop ppl should begin to be honest with themselves so dat other genuine visitors can be granted visa n come n enjoy d so called land of gold. This lady should be sent home when her children r strong enough n fit to fly back home, there is nowhere like home, d way we r being treated here in uk is unbearable with this new gov in place, life in general is very difficult in d uk we should all begin to think twice b4 travelling what our intentions r and why we r travelling b4 putting our country in shame.
True talk.
Actually, the US government would not pay for your hospital bill ; they may help you set up a payment plan and ease your transition, but they would not pay your bill. She needs to return home because its people like this that make it difficult for legal immigrants in countries like the United Kingdom and the United States.
well all the same laws are made and are also unmade she should be given grace of one (1) month!
Lets call a spade a spade! Congrats foremost, that however does not mean she did not know from the onset what she was doing! we are Nigerians and we all know home and abroad what the true situation of things are but we always feel it is better outside the country, Whether we debate here of not i know the UK govt would evetually send her home especially with the Conservatives in power. I wish her the very best of her situation which she has put herself
the lady did nt do anything bad for christ sake’ wat is all this we re uk, we re americans, we re all one.. the people in Q here should be able to do wat is right nd let the lady stay until the kids re of the age of flying then she cn go bk to Nigeria.. hey we re talking of 5 kids nd one mother here come people.
that’s where you get it all twisted…ofin to my eleha, ni o mu eegun. meaning the rule that applies to one baby, applies to quar-qunint-sextuplets. she needs to pack her ghana must go sack and return to gidiland with immediate alacrity. the more we drag this, the more innocent nigerians who need legit visas pay the price for this selfish woman
I wish this happen in U.S. those babies are automatically U.S citizens and she is not going anywhere….U.K immigration is too darm strict abeg.
I read the comments above , O how quick we are to judge others when the shoe is on the other foot !!…The healthcare system in Naijaira is in a dilapidated state ,I don’t blame Bimbo for leaving to seek better healthcare especially since she has had few miscarriage before…It’s not easy when a woman wants to become and can’t the society is ever ready to judge and motherinlaws ready to ask there sons to take another wife..She wasn’t expecting to have 5 babies,the decision she made was a good one after all there are more babies than she bargain for ..I think the husband should of stand by his wife, look at how fast he took to his heels .Sometimes it make me wonder it all the stress we put ourselves through to make our spouse happy as well as inlaws is it worth it? The consulate/high commission in the Uk should take a look into the matter with her hospital and try and come up with ways to help pay her bill…As soon as the babies are able to travel without risk Bimbo should be sent home to raise her babies…All the best Bimbo ,may God give you the strength to nurture you beautiful babies and bring dem up in the fear of God…blessings
This is nothing but ‘health tourism’… I just have to say this;The Ayelabolas are not poor so she should quit lying and embarrassing herself/family and the poor kids.. As regards the fertility pills she used;it is absolutely true…do check this link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011249/Bimbo-Ayelabola-Nigerian-mother-cost-NHS-200k-working-illegally-Avon-Lady.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
As to the issue of health care delivery in Nigeria,how come those championing her cause skipped @ibwoozie ‘s comment who said she’s a quad mum and she had her kids in this same ‘terrible Nigeria’. Let us all be factual,yes the health system here isn’t that fantastic but we have good private hospitals around.. If you can afford a plane fare/Visa/etc to the UK,then my friend,you’re qualified to get a bed at St.Nicholas!!
i still don’t see how this is naija government fault o…broke people don’t even do fertility treatmetns so if she can afford fertility treatment, she needs to bundle her soccer team and go back to where she came from. this is not a good argument /excuse to flog the already overflogged nigerian govt. as poor as we claim the naija hospitals are, more than 80% still can’t afford to travel adn they have their kids there. there is also infant mortality threats in the western world too..so what’s her point again? she is thief. she tricked the system pretending she didnt know she carried multiple births. now she wants a lifetime sponsor for her kids,,,to top that, she aint even a brit. is this the new yahoo yahoo scheme by naijas?
The sad thing is those given council flats…their kids end up running amock and uncontrollable all over London..joining some stupid ganag!!…go check the number of very young African boys involved in stabbing or shooting each other
This is one reason why we have embassies, the Nigerian high Commission shld step in, provide her with the immediate support that she needs. I wont try to overstay my welcome in any foreign country especially not the UK.
reparation
Ban anyone who is pregnant from boarding a flight to the UK, if an airline allows them on then they become liable for any costs to the NHS. Require all foreign nationals flying to the UK to have valid health insurance even for pre-existing conditions, no insurance, no flight.
SAVE THE LITTLE LEFT OF NIGERIA…AND COME HOME…I WONDER HOW THE GBESE WILL BE SETTLED. BOTH GOVTS SHUD SIT AND TALK OOO
I AM CERTAIN THAT SHE HAD ALL THIS PLANNED AND CAME IN INTENTIONALLY TO MILK AND TAKE THE SYSTEM FORGRANTED. I DO NOT BELIEVE HER HUSBAND ABSCONDED, THEY MUST HAVE HAD IT ALL PLANNED. SECONDLY SHE CLAIMS THERE’S NO ONE TO LOOK AFTER HER BABIES IN NAIJA. I MEAN WHAT ABSOLUTE CRAP. SHE TOTALLY BROKE THE TERMS OF HER ENTRY AS SHE EVEN STARTED WORKING AS AN AVON LADY WHEN SHE KNEW SHE ISN’T ALLOWED TO WORK WHILE PRESENT IN THE COUNTRY. EVERYDAY WE HAVE TO FACE THE BAD NAME GIVEN TO US BY NIGERIANS SUCH AS THIS. IF THE DOCTORS SAY HER BABIES ARE WELL ENOUGH TO TRAVEL WELL THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH TO TRAVEL. SHE SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO GO. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I REJOICE WITH HER AT THE BIRTH OF HER LONG AWAITED KIDS AND PRAY GOD BLESSES THEM FOR HER. BUT SHE’S GOTTA GO.
OKAY Y’ALL SERIOUSLY NEED TO CHECK THIS LINK OUT- SHE’S JUST GOTTEN HERSELF INTO REAL BIG MESS……………….. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012757/Bimbo-Ayelabola-Nigerian-cost-NHS-200k-married-tycoon.html
Its so sad to know a Nigerian is suffering this much unexpected wahala wen there is a NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION there. it is their responsibility to PROTECT every Nigerian there and if they have not come out to speak @ this point then its such a big shame. even Mexico took care of their citizen in some other country who was alleged to have murdered some1 last year how much more a harmless obedience to Gods commandment to be fruitful and multiply. i think more time should be given to d mother and her little ones before they are sent home and all these so called NGO’s fighting for women and child’s rights should be interested in this while the government should be able to do something after all the American government cared for a Nigerian couple who had not obtained their permanent stay yet but were delivered of octuplets about 8yrs ago. NIGERIAN women, lets stand up to help this woman pushing all sentiments aside. the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The health system in the UK has been tightened recently to avoid what they call “health tourism”. My friend came back to London to have her baby last year. She had to go to her doctor and be referred to the hospital for her ante-natal treatment. When she registered at the hospital she had to let them know she’d be flying back and forth between Nigeria and the UK until it was closer to the time when she’d move back to have the baby. Even though people warned her she told them truthfully just so that she didn’t miss any of her appointments. She was then inspected by an “overseas officer” who had to make sure she was entitled to the treatment. Even though she’d lived in London HER WHOLE LIFE and had medical records with her doctors going back to when she was a child. The law says that if you move country for more than 1 year before you need the treatment you’ll be classed as an overseas patient. All your taxes that you’ve paid your whole life mean nothing. Luckily she was able to prove that she was constantly in and out of the country so therefore they granted her permission for NHS treatment.
So my question is, at which point did this woman register at the hospital for her antenatal care. She came on a visitors visa. When was she planning on going back home to have her 1 or 2 or 5 babies? Even if she didn’t know how many children she was carrying which doctors or hospital in Nigeria was she registered with. There’s a limit of 28/32 weeks for flying. It says she had a scan at a UK Hospital. She would have had to register at the hospital to get the scan done. They ask alot of questions and there are alot of appointments you have to go to as a pregnant woman to make sure your baby is ok. She’s living with her sister in a flat in popular (which is mostly full of council housing). I can only assume that as she says all her family is in the UK that she used their address and details to get onto the NHS. And as she’s admitted she has family here, then they should be held responsible for her bills. If the Gov allows her to stay, who will be caring for her, helping her to buy baby food and nappies (Which she says is costing her £70 a week at the moment). Will she now start trying to claim benefits?
I sympathise with her for her plight but she knew exactly what she was doing. There are alot of very good hospitals in Nigeria but there is no way that she could have gone to any of those and have NOT paid. No body gives you treatment on credit. She’s lucky she didn’t do this in America. She’d have had her babies on the street. The UK has the best free healthcare in the world, but it’s not free, it’s paid for by taxes. If people paid their taxes in Nigeria properly then we too could afford better healthcare for all.
Am sorry, You had me all interested until you mentioned “She’s lucky she didn’t do this in America. She’d have had her babies on the street.” THAT IS A VERY FLAWED STATEMENT. She should have come to the US instead because America will not do this to her. This wouldn’t have been this big of a deal in the US. She might not have been given permanent residency but best believe that Visa would have been extended until her and her children are fit enough to stay somewhere without adequate healthcare. America is not the #1 country in the world because we are just bullies, We actually do CARE! The UK Immigration do not like blacks (especially nigerians) and if walls could talk, oh the things they would say. Yes, they might have the best “free-but not so free healthcare in the world but its not the best. I have heard many people complain about NHS. You go see a doctor and they dismiss you easily instead of spending time on why you came in the 1st place. Yes this lady got caught doing what many people do but sending her away while the children are still delicate isn’t the right thing to do. Her stay should be extended for the sake of those children and when they are well and fit, she should be asked to live. If she desires to come back, then she will apply for the right Visa. At least that is what THE USA WILL DO. Nobody has babies on the street here unless they choose to or are hiding something.
she should please go home and save herself all these embarrassments.For crying out loud she’s taking the piss.she came here as a visitor and not on medical grounds.M sure she knew she was gonna have more than a baby and so she left with the hope that she would be given her stay in the uk and its really bad that we Nigerians have been given bad names when it comes to our status here.Most documentaries on blacks are always based on Nigerians trying to violate the immigration rules.I feel for her and her babies but she should please go home.Even her so called family here will definitely not abandon their jobs here to help fend for her.I am sorry if m being harsh but m being honest.
I’m sorry but homegirl has 3 areas where she went wrong:
1) Was she blind that she couldn’t read the instructions on the pill? God saved her that it caused her to have five kids and not die or sth.
2) So you find out that you’re having five kids and you don’t alert the officials at that point?
3) Even after havin those five kids yeah, you’re still trying to stick around and get support from the UK govt? The world isn’t a free place, I wish I could personally help you out but the law is the law. God will provide for you, now leave the UK!
She should have come to Canada to deliver the kids.. Instant papers
I don’t care……………..
When she knew she didn’t have money why was she wanting children?
EH?
i want pikin okay pay now…… yawa! abegi carry waka……………..
if you cannot support children do not have them……….kaput!
Haaa such a very long read. Please what fertility pills did she take? I wants twins abeg a boy and girl.Any suggestions. Won’t go to the UK, very big waste.no citizenship. Y bother.
ok, blah and blah aside, she broke the law, but regardless of that, she’s got tiny little human beings who are really too fragile to fly now, plus she says most of her family members are in the UK, so she should stay at least until…well untill the kids are healthier enough to fly back home. and while she’s there, maybe she could get a job and pay off her enormous loan…win win:)
i think she knows what she was doin before she left the shores of nigeria to give birth in the u.k….her plans was not to visit but to give birth there.,taking advantage of other taxpayers monies.very unfair on her path—come back home when ur kids re strong enough..
This is simple! everyone is makin noise because she had a safe delivery on tax payers money? where is all the money dat was made form enslaving africans?, stealing our heritage in return for mirror? whatever dis woman has done there is a hand of God here. becos she may not av survived aving those babies in 9ja, so think about dat.
SOLUTION 1: Nigerian govt shld pay up dose bills without hesitation
SOLUTION 2: Nigerian govt shld support her with foood clothing and shelter and provide such evidence to the UK govt for her to remain for a few more months after which Nigeria govt shld ensure she can be settled back home.
NIGERIAN GOVT SHOULD WAKE UP! MAKE NIGERIA BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND STOP IGNORING THE FACT THAT UR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING HOME AND ABROAD, HELP THIS WOMAN.
I dont believe d husband has abandoned her, so girlfriend dont feel ashamed God has blessed u with life and he will help u out of this mess.
Latest update on the saga
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012757/Bimbo-Ayelabola-Nigerian-cost-NHS-200k-married-tycoon.html
I am so disgusted. It is people like this that give hardworking Nigerians here in the UK a bad name.
Rubbish!
thanks for this info those supporting her please read
Go home and fight your government to provide for you. Nigerians, we should stop running away from Nigeria to depend on other governments. Go and drop those babies in front of Dame Patiences house
let d uk govt write off d bill on humanitarian grds then send d mum n her children home.they wil survive.
To those who are shouting deportation, walk a mile in this woman’s shoes.
She’s not asking for a stay, all she asked was for an extension of her Visa for health reasons.
Although the British immigration system has become a lot more rigid than it used to be, there are some loopholes that she might still be able to pull its strings, with the right lawyer or legal aid of course.
Although she and her children and not British or EU citizens, the are British born who have some grounds and entitlement to British institutions like the NHS for as long as they remain here. The British govt have to give them a fair treatment which meets the same standard a British child would receive.
The onus to pay HER medical bill is on her, however as the kids are British born the onus remains on NHS and other institutions i.e social services to provide adequate care.
The only advice i can give this woman is if they do grant your extension please please please do not dare claim benefits, this would only tarnish hope of any further right to remain in the UK legally.
P.s- if Nigeria was any better, no one whould have to leave to come and make themselves a mockery in smelly jand! We all have to remember that this woman is doing what she can to protect her kids, like any mother.
this woman & her hubby r BIG embarrasments to to nigeria apparently read this morning on a uk news site that they both lied , d man is rich he has his own coy here & he was even in d uk 3 weeks afta she had d kids…….this is so unfair people like this just drag our name into d mud @ dis point it would be better to travel with a ghanian passport bcos we just never would be trusted anywhere in the world…………………
she is a joker oh! she bettter go back to nigeria!! what rubbish..giving nigerians bad name its not like we are not already classified as terrorists,419-ners and no this…hmmn God save us ooo
2 all those singing the ‘what if she didn’t know she was having more than 1 kid?’ song – the woman herself said she thought she was having four!!! four kids or five kids, it’s still more than 1. abegi let us hear word. she knew EXACTLY what she was doing!
everybody, dont bother about the payment, i will pay it latest by wednesday
i think the Nigerian Government commision in the UK should look into this matter and help out with some form of agreement perharps part of the bills Wat is the their position for if they cant help their citizens. It is in rare occasions that this type of things happen. She has 5 children that is alarming and she needs all the care she can get at the moment. i feel for the children the most and they deserve adequate care. If they extend her stay will it kill them? just let her take care of those children first till their lungs can breath well. I guess i have to say america is really a generous country for this because first they will consider those children to be theirs and really take care of them. God bless America.
When she was taking double the dose of a potent fertility drug, what did she think was going to happen? She planned this all a long! Why should we work hard and pay taxes for people who have contributed nothing to this system to come and enjoy to the tune of 200,000? Let the Nigerian govt pay for it…. then deport her!
Wat arrant nonsense in fact am angry sef. In my opinion she knew xactly wat she was doin she jst didn’t plan on it gettion out of hand like dis. Nd really no one said she shld go to general hospital. Dere r amazinly good hosps in nigeria so wats she on abt. Y ll I go nd give birth in a country where I dnt even ve a support ntwrk, she hasn’t put nytin into d NHS in form of taxes yet she is xpectin care. Barawo buruku*hissssssssssssss*, as soon as doctors certify her babies to fly she shld but on d nxt plane to 9j. If she likes wen she gets to MMA she shldnt go home, nd see hw immigration officers ll sweep her out like idoti nd even extort her sef if she isn’t careful
As a newly married, I am learning to turn the table around in all situations before making decisions and comments. If a Britain or non-Nigerian were to travel to Nigeria with a visiting visa “to rest” and had quins, would the citizens of Nigeria or even the government want to pay the cost and extend the person’s stay knowing that her medical costs would be high? Let us all be honest, no one will want to do that. So I do not understand why this lady in question wants to stay in another man’s country and expect help from them which in turn would deprive their citizens of the aid they rightly deserve. From reading comments above, the family of this lady are not doing badly so why impose your debts on other people? I’m sorry to say but her excuse of lacking sufficient support in Nigeria is bull crap. She should go to her village. All those mamas will help her carry her children. If there’s sufficient support for her in the UK, her family members or her “support network” should help pay her bills. People, let’s be real here. Let’s stop putting shame on our country and its people. If you are given a visiting visa, and you happen to have your child while there, return when your time is up. Do not go to another man’s country and ask for help when it is on the news everyday how Pastors in Nigeria own private jets and the politicians have X gazillion of dollars and pounds in foreign accounts. She should accept her fate and grab the bulls by the horns. Go home and take care of your children. She’ll get more than enough help in Nigeria without folks expecting in return like they do in the US and UK. People are willing to help carry your children. That’s our culture. I believe the UK govt should grant her a little more time till her children are strong enough then she should go HOME!!! What does she plan to do? Carry 5 kids on the train? or expect the UK govt to give her a car to carry them. They didn’t send you message to be pumping yourself with fertility pills, why should they now shoulder your responsibilities?
bella naija, post my comment o!
This story has been taken up by the Daily Mail. Apparently, her husband is a business tycoon. I hate it whenever one selfish Nigerian makes the rest of us look bad. What stopped her from declaring what she was going to the UK to do and registering in a private hospital. She can afford it.
I hope she realises she just made getting a UK visa a little bit more difficult for someone.
The father of her kids should be footing the bill not the British taxpayer (of which I just happen to be a struggling one). However, they should let her kids get stronger before shipping her arse back to Naija.
please open the link below and read.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012757/Bimbo-Ayelabola-Nigerian-cost-NHS-200k-married-tycoon.html
hmm, all of this is so very interesting
1) Tis a shame that people are judging here. We (the readers of media) do not know her whole story.
2) The foreign media does have a habit of making Nigetia look as bad as possible.
3) All these people who know this ‘Kemi’ should give her a call. Tell her to come home.
4) If you can afford fertility drugs, UK visa, and UK flight, then perhaps there could be some money.
5) Greed will always get you in trouble.
*Nigeria
Okay while i understand Bimbo’s situation is a sad one, and i really do feel bad for her, there are some issues that need to be addressed. I’m a registered nurse, labor and delivery at a major hospital in MD, and to say i am DISGUSTED at the way temporary aliens (Nigerian and Non Nigerians) blatantly disrespect the healthcare system is an understatement. Typically in a week i have a least a delivery by a Nigerian mother, while most of them are either citizens or permanent residents, we do have our group of “i came to yankee to have my baby” group. Now this is in no form or shape an attempt to bash this group however, if your trifling behind gets on a plane, travel over 10,000miles to the states, knowing good and well you are about to incur a major expense, the least you can do is bring your check book with you. 9 times out of 10 these chicks come up in here with no insurance, they don’t qualify for any government assisted program so medicaid is out of the question, they don’t have a credit history here so even if they default on the hospital bill there is zero consequences. Oh, but they do go back home with that blue passport for thier baby though and post pictures all over facebook fronting and perpetrating a fraud!
We citizens pay for the healthcare system women like Bimbo abuse, i’m single, no kids and you should see how Uncle Sam has a field day with my paycheck, Oh and let me get pregnant, my behind ain’t entitled to jack! because “I make too much”. My insurance covers a portion and whatever is left i have X amount of days to pay in full or my credit goes down the drain. But ofcourse women like Bimbo don’t have to worry about that, why pay the bill when you can have your baby for free???? Its not like she lives in the country so bump the credit system abi???
She’s glad she only owes 200,000GBP, had she been in the states she would have been owing close to a cool milla, because those babies probably spent a couple of days in the ICU, being multiple birth they probably have some complication, and believe me, ICU ain’t cheap! Just a day and u are racking up a little over 10grand/baby and lets not get started on the cost of the caesarean surgery. I know having a baby is a beautiful thing however its about time people start being responsbile. If you can’t afford a service, respect yourself and STAY YOUR BEHIND IN YOUR COUNTRY, don’t bring your self-centered,irresponsible, shameless, wanting-something-for-nothing behinds up here eating up taxpayers money.
For now I just have an editorial comment. In your last paragraph, the Nigerian government does not want to improve infant mortality rate, they want to be doing the exact opposite which is reducing the rate of infant mortality. Thanks
Lets face it there is no free ride in this world. Britain is a country like Nigeria . They have their problems just like us. She should be grateful that her medical bIlls have been taken care of.Sometimes we forget that tax payers bear this burden, not Santa.
Let Nigerians,both rich and poor, pay their taxes and manage it well.We will be fine.
BTW, Congratulations. Hope things work out for U, Madam.
please what medications did she take? this one pass double double! whatever decision, everything will work out find. the kids will be fine in 9ja, UK or US.
The mentality of Nigerians is changing for the better. I was so proud reading the majority of ‘come back’ type comments. Good on BN readers. What is wrong, is wrong. It is how Nigeria has come to look like a cess pit. All those morons waffling on about instant U.S. citizenship, it would interest you to know that some Nigerian children born in the U.S. have recently had their passports revoked and withdrawn. The liars don’t tell you that they are left on stretchers throughout their labour for all to see. It is not cute and I would rather have my babies in a hospital in Akowonjo, Lagos. Even slaves were delivered with more respect. Auntie Dora’s rebranding exercise wasn’t that futile then…
Nigerian govt pay her bills, ha! i laugh in french…she’ll die waiting in immigration camp.
its really a hurting time that mother passed. thanks god that all the babies are well
this is how we give ourselves a bad names as Nigerians, she wants to boast that she had her babies in the UK, i see this as very calculated move. i think they should deport her behind back here as soon as a doctor certifies her ok to fly. this is total lack of self respect, i really want to pity her as a woman but i cant wrap my head around the dubious intentions behind her visa issue. when she stayed longer than she should, did she not know she would need money to pay hospital bills? we just like to take the piss, they should hauls her behind straight to the Nigerian embassy let them take responsibility for their citizens. you dont reap where you did not sow.
As a British Nigerian living in Nigeria (i chose to reside & work here in Niger becos factually i will make it here more than in the UK )everybody has choices.If its a do or die affair she wants to reside in the UK let her reside there but i asure you she will not get work to take care of those Kids and eventually if the Uk govt is linient or compassionate they will help her take care of those kids by giving them to foster care and she will be without her kids .So let her think this through
She should at least be grateful to the system that allow 200,000 pounds on credit worth of quality health facility and honor the agreement of no recourse to public fund and come home. That she does not have the means to support herself and the kids is a BIG lie, come to think of it she has money for fertility treatment which i know the cheapest to be in the range of N1.5-2M, traveling expenses for airline ticket, visa cost and accommodation is as well not within the reach of whom she claimed to be, i.e poor.
Right now she should stop thinking about herself and kids alone but other pregnant 9ja women who have needs to travel to UK for genuinely sundry reasons. My 50 cent is that she should be happy to have given the kids a good and healthy head start in their lives and should pack up and come home ASAP for the ceremony, abi she no wan wash am?
True story. Well i dont know what to say oo, but i think sometimes we overdo things. When she found out she had 4 babies in her tommy, she shld have returned to naij. \but the deed has been done, we all know she cant pay, except they get her a job to do till she pays off. As for her hubby i think its a scam, we is waitn for them to set her free.
In these kind of situations the Nigerian High Commission should get involved. This is part of their consular responcibilities. A similar situation has just happened with a couple from Iraq, and their embassy paid the bill. The Nigerian government should do the same.
what did nigerians take british for?this woman is funny, she need to thank God that she deliver safely first, her husband jilt her , this are cooked story, if yoiu love yourself madam , gently pack your luggage and leave , ortherwise you will loose the opportunity of entering ENGLAND FOR SAY BTW 5 TO 10 YRS, if you are notr jail you are luck , the earlier the better, pack your luggage and flee now , the more you stay over there the more consequence s you will face i can quarantee you.
I pray her heart desires is granted…… I cant be bothered to argue for any reasons whatsoever… But I am sure giving birth in the UK will do her justice as well as her kids..
I understand there are other implications i.e. tax payers money, running up bills etc.. Regardless, I pray her prayers are answered. Why: Things like these do not happen all the time, she has beautiful five kids, how awesome is that…. Besides, when they all grow up, they are likely to the economy. I cant blame her for trying the UK and I pray everything works out for her good…
After all we all want a miracle at some point in our lives and if this is hers, I support it… They will extend her VISA…
I fecilitate with you Bimbo for your bundles of joy. I like this international embarrassment, if the leaders of yesteryears have not spoilt and embezzeled the funds that we should have used to build good infrastructures why should people like Bimbo come to the UK and have her tots, pls the Nigeria High Commission should foot the bill, its time to cough up some money, pls all you people go and like Jonathan’s page and tell him to foot the bill….love you tots o jare
What kind of stupid talk?….Arrant nonsense
Cargo her back home jo… It’s inhumane for her to behave as if she doesn’t have a family outside her husband. Polygamous family or not…Nigeria is a culture based on community in most cases. She better come home and continue…the worst has been done for her. Let her motherland do the rest
sorry dont mean to be a debby downer or nothing but your use of the word “nuances” in that sentence is wrong. nuances mean to give a subtle difference to something. mainly to make something more subtle and nice… like the word friggin would be a nuance for the word f**king.
Maybe you should read this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012757/Bimbo-Ayelabola-Nigerian-cost-NHS-200k-married-tycoon.html
hello u!
If its by force to get help from the UK govt,they can go all the way with help by dividing the children to different foster homes in the UK so that she dont need to worry about them….How is that for help…????
Bella didn’t publish my comment last Friday…. hmmmmm…. Is ok! Is alright!!
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i know the supposed ladies sister and apparently Bimbo is not even legally married to her so called husband as she even still bears her maiden name….Bimbo is just an opportunist who wanted to take advantage of the uk nhs scheme thinking she could get away with it…for christ-sakes d money used for her treatment is from peoples hard earned tax ,thus only those that pay tax shuld be entitled to such treatment..infact Bimbo should be made to pay for her negligence and act..
…..Yes, I still maintain there are very good hospitals in Nigeria. I found out i was pregnant(assisted reproduction) and by the time the pregnancy was 6 weeks old i knew i was expecting quads. I was hospitalized from my 12th week up until i gave birth at 32weeks add SCBU(aka NICU) stay based on prematurity. Thank God all my babies survived. You spend a lot of money for good health care in Nigeria but you have your family and friends to help out. From someone who has been there, she is better off in Nigeria if the UK govt can write off her medical bill. A Large can of Infant formula a day and One carton of 205 Diapers a week would soon tell her the distance between UK and Nigeria. We all know breastfeeding is not even an option. These are the people who give Nigerians a bad name.
I am gobsmacked! I took my daughter to french class and heard this story from a friend who knows I’m originally from Nigeria. This is just embarrassing. The bill is what it is… this woman is trying to exploit the system and thats what’s annoying. Firstly, we all know her husband didn’t abandon her and the babies, its all part of the plan. Our people must learn to not take advantage. She should get herself and her babies out! honestly, the NHS is a National, not International Health Service!!! stop disgracing Nigeria.
didnt she knw her delivery date ws almost due, why did she still fly to UK with the pregnancy also the ticket money she used for dat trip would hve been enuf for her meedical care in Nigeria. she should be grateful the UK authorities are not willing to detain her until she clears her gbese
I think she is weaving a tall story just to get sympathy and a stay in the UK. It is unbelieveable the things Nigerians do. These little thing add up to the big ones and have made leaving the country very hard and when you get there you are embarassed. Either dogs are sent to snif u, or you are x-rayed to ur bones. I beg, everybody behave urself.
People really sound mean o! haba, naija govt u talk say no good, u sef u no get human sympathy. y’all talk say na scheme, her papa get money, no free lunch, all of una wey dey abroad, na all of una get paper out of say they born uin d 80s or 70s wey naja still good wey nobi for better life arrangement?, how u dey get ya paper nobi scheming n better live u run come tanda for uk or america so tey 9ja full every continent n unimaginary places of d earth just for better life? The ones wey dey 9ja wey dey yan sef, i sure say if u see chance with paper u go travel n if u no travel na becos say u dey get deals even if u get job, na different system of corruption. How dare u come begin dey yan nonsense, u no fear God, you dey throway stone! As far as i am concern every antagonistic commentators u no better the lady! Think of better talk to analysis this matter pass say make u dey rubblish d girl dey call am name. You no kuku beta ya govt for 9ja, nobi say british pple sef send u errand, dey no send you. Let the righteous one wey dey rigtheous infront of God by his own hand cast stone at her nobi be una haters!
The Government should extend her stay as her request shows that she does not want not be an illegal immigrant. But if i place myself in the Tax payers shoes, i would not like it if my hard earn money is being used to offset her bills. so i think she should negotiate a reduction with the hospital and equally work out a payment plan and go ahead and settle her bills. those are her kids and no matter how many they are, she should do the right thing and pay up after which if her stay was extended, she should go home and not make things difficult for others that might wish to travel for medicals