MR. Donald NEATE, ex-husband of the 72-year-old British grandmother of six, who married a Nigerian man 45 years her junior, says she will “have to deal with the consequences” of her action at some point.
Neate, 71, is quoted by the Daily Mail of London, as also
calling her “quite gullible”.
He said Mrs.Angela Nwachukwu has “got herself into a
problem that she will have to deal with.”
Mrs Nwachukwu, from Weymouth, Dorset, is fighting for a
visa for new husband CJ Nwachukwu, 27, who she married three months after he
added her on Facebook and struck up a conversation.
They live 6437 kilometres (4000 miles) apart and met
face-to-face for the first time on their wedding day.
His application for visa to move to Britain to live
together with her has been refused even after retiredtaxi driver Mrs Nwachukwu
has spent £20,000 on him, including lawyers to help with the visas and flights
to visit him.
Nwachukwu, according to his wife, has already repaid
£10,000 of the amount.
Mr Neate and Angela parted ways in 1999, the former lorry
driver from Bristol said.
“We separated 18 years ago and haven’t had any contact
since,” he said.
“The first time I knew about it was when I read the
papers. She has done it now and will have to deal with the consequences.”
Mr Neate has remarried twice since his five-year
relationship with Mrs Nwachukwu ended.
Mrs Nwachukwu said she couldn’t help but fall for her
lover from Nigeria, when they started talking, and is devastated that their
applications for visas have failed.
She said she had been left lonely and isolated after the
breakdown of her marriage, six months before they met online.
One day she found a message and a friend request from Mr
Nwachukwu, and couldn’t see the harm in striking up conversation.
She said: “He was so handsome, with big, brown eyes and a
body to match. We chatted for hours about our families and hobbies. It was like
we’d known each other for years. Before I knew it, we were messaging daily.
“Despite our huge age gap, we got on really well. I
couldn’t help it and began to develop feelings for him. I tried to stop
myself.”
He proposed to her on Skype, and she gleefully accepted.
The pair wed in Lagos, and have since seen each other
twice, as she has flown there to visit him.
Mr Nwachukwu has been denied a tourist visa to see his
wife, and their applications have been turned down because it’s thought they
won’t have financial backing.
Mrs Nwachukwu refuses to accept suggestions that the
marriage is a scam.
She is convinced he will be able to get a student visa
for a Masters degree in the UK.
British citizens can apply for a Family visa to move
their partners to the UK.
The Home Office charges £1,464 for people applying from
outside the UK to joining their partners or spouses, and nearly £1,000 for
extensions.
Spouses applying to move to be with their partners have
to prove they can support themselves and their partners, and they have to have
been living with them for two years.
Partners will then be given permission to move for around
two and a half years and should extend this after that time.
Mr Nwachukwu has to be able to show he can support
himself or be supported to be granted a Marriage Visitor visa, by the rules of
the Home Office.
Under the visa for visitors, the trip must be no longer
than six months, and applicants should prove they will leave at the end.
Tags
Society