Bendigo doctor to be deported for sexually assaulting child
A Bendigo doctor will be deported to Nigeria for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. He is one of 286 criminals to have their visas cancelled.
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A doctor from Nigeria who worked at hospitals in Bendigo and Ballarat and who was convicted of sexually penetrating a child under 16 is one of 286 criminals to have a visa cancelled in a deportation blitz by the federal government.
Dr Obiyo Chigozie Nwigwe was employed as a trauma specialist at Bendigo Hospital when he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old.
He confessed his child sex offending to his evangelical pastor, and later told his 13-year-old victim she was “amazing”.
Nwigwe will be deported along with a host of other criminals convicted crimes including drug offences, assaults, domestic violence and rape.
New Zealand thug Ma’anaima Levy was recently deported after his visa was cancelled after he was convicted of smash and grab jewellery raids, assaults, and attacking another person with a guitar.
A British man convicted of a number of child sex offences and sentenced to 16 years in NSW has also had his visa cancelled and will be deported when he is released.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told the Sunday Herald Sun: “Drug offences, assault, murder, child sexual abuse ... these are just some of the terrible crimes we’ve seen foreign nationals commit here.
“Australia is a safe country and Australians are a welcoming people – but we don’t extend that welcome to rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers.
“The Morrison Government will continue to protect Australians by cancelling visas and removing from Australia the foreign nationals who commit these serious crimes.”
The Home Affairs Minister has the power to cancel a visa if the holder does not pass the character test, which includes people with a criminal record or someone who is a member of a crime group or organisation.
Last week the Sunday Herald Sun revealed a crackdown on non-Australians who breach Covid restrictions is being ramped up by the Australian Border Force.
The ABF launched Operation Baritone in May 2020 to ensure non-citizens were obeying government regulations on mandatory quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing and other Covid restrictions.
As of August 19, ABF officers across Australia had cancelled 10 visas, leading to non-citizens being deported, and issued 456 warnings.
On August 6, ABF officers were called to a quarantine hotel in Melbourne and detained two unlawful non-citizens who were then transferred into immigration detention.
The two Indian nationals had been referred to the ABF by Victoria Police and Human Services Victoria for noncompliance with Covid directions after returning from a trip to Sydney.
Since Operation Baritone began the ABF has cancelled four visas in Victoria and issued 253 warnings and cancelled one visa in NSW and issued 131 warnings.
Ms Andrews said: “There’s no place in Australia for those who break our laws or don’t respect the conditions of their visa. Coming to, and staying in, Australia are privileges at the best of times, and more so now during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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