Date: 19980217
Docket: IMM-1601-97
BETWEEN:
GREG DAPO ARIGBE
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR ORDER
McGILLIS, J.
[1] Despite the able argument of counsel for the applicant, I have concluded that it was reasonably open to the Immigration and Refugee Board ("Board") to reject the evidence of the applicant on the basis that he lacked credibility. In particular, it was open to the Board to impugn the overall credibility of the applicant based on the discrepancies between the port of entry notes and his personal information form concerning his alleged involvement in the Campaign for Democracy movement in Nigeria, as well as his evasive and contradictory evidence on that subject during his refugee hearing. In the circumstances, my intervention in this matter is not warranted.
[2] The application for judicial review is dismissed. The case raises no serious question of general importance.
"D. McGillis"
Judge
Toronto, Ontario
February 17, 1998
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record
DOCKET: IMM-1601-97
| STYLE OF CAUSE: GREG DAPO ARIGBE |
- and -
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP |
AND IMMIGRATION
DATE OF HEARING: FEBRUARY 17, 1998
PLACE OF HEARING: TORONTO, ONTARIO
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: McGILLIS, J.
DATED: FEBRUARY 17, 1998
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Kingsley I. Jesuorobo
For the Applicant
Mr. Kevin Lunney
For the Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Mr. Kingsley Jesuorobo
29 South Station Street
Suite 701
Weston, Ontario
M9N 3T8
For the Applicant
George Thomson
Deputy Attorney General
of Canada
For the Respondent
| FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA |
| Date: 19980217 |
| Docket: IMM-1601-97 |
| BETWEEN: |
| GREG DAPO ARIGBE |
| Applicant |
| - and - |
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP |
| AND IMMIGRATION |
| Respondent |
| REASONS FOR ORDER |