Riliwanu Balogan was found hanged in his cell at Glen Parva Young Offenders' Centre the day after his 21st birthday and was resuscitated. But he died at Leicester Royal Infirmary eight days later on May 16, 2011.

Young offenders' centre senior officer Paul Mayfield told the inquest Mr Balogan had been detained on immigration issues and was awaiting deportation back to Africa.

Mr Mayfield said: "He told me he had nothing to live for.
"He said, 'I'll be deported back to Nigeria. I've got no-one back there. I'll be living in the slums'."
Mr Mayfield said Mr Balogan had been transferred to Leicester from HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, after becoming infatuated with a female prison officer.
He had a history of using a ligature while in prison, using his socks to tie around his neck on January 15.

He said Mr Balogan had mental health problems and had been moved to a "safe cell" as he had been classed as a suicide risk.
Psychiatric nurse Alison Wilford said she had been called to deal with a superficial cut on Mr Balogan's neck on May 7.
She said: "He was quite willing to speak to me, talking about his 21st birthday and the prospect of his deportation, almost giving a list of his problems."

She said the cut, a small nick with a razor blade, was not serious and she did not regard it as a suicide attempt.
Dr John Grenville, who carried out a review of the death, told the inquest: "Even under continuous supervision his chance of carrying out suicide would have remained high.

"In my opinion, the healthcare teams recognised that Mr Balogan was a vulnerable man and affected him with what help and support they could."
A pathologist's report gave the cause of Mr Balogan's death as a hypoxic brain injury and bronchial pneumonia.
Coroner Martin Gotheridge said Mr Balogan had been brought to England when he was seven.

He was abandoned in London and spent time either in foster care or children's homes.
"He was not a British citizen and not legally in this country. His solicitor told him that all means of appeal against his deportation had been exhausted.

"It was even more daunting to him to be sent to Nigeria where he did not know anyone – his mother was dead, his father was living in another country in Africa and he had no contact with any siblings.
"It is not surprising that he saw no hope."

Mr Gotheridge expressed sympathy to the members of HM Prison Service involved with Mr Balogan.
He said: "It can be very disturbing for them, even if they are at no way at fault."

http://www.gistnaija.com/2013/01/21-year-old-nigerian-hangs-himself-in.html

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Riliwanu-Balogan-expulsion-threat-ended-tragedy/story-17958014-detail/story.html

. . . . . .But why is he afraid of coming back to live in the country his sage fought so hard to unite?


Please help us to ask your SAGE why he fought so hard to unite an already dis-united country when you get ''over there''

Thanks.

A far as am concern, he didn't commit suicide. Corruption killed him. Corruption has reduce this country to a mortuary. Pissed to the core.

the fear of the unknown
know assurance of getting a shelter over his head, job, security, in his father land what a pity.

God will judge all those people who abandoned you there and the looter that made you not to have hope in your father land.


RIP bro

Soon we all breathe that last breath, soon it will be over. By the time we all cross that line, it dawns that neither UK, Nigeria, US or any part of this earth was our after-all. Now the blood of the innocent is required of the hands of someone.

But will this Soul now be reckon unto God?

...i thought his was a special case,brought to London & abandoned at 7,what a pathetic story,cldnt they ve considered his predicament and let him be!was it any fault of his,to find himself in london as a little boy!though your life is more precious than the wickedness of man!RIP to a brother frm another tribe!

Cnt bliv am dis tears frm my eyes for d first time on NL.

Cnt bliv dis tears frm my eyes for d first time on NL. Balogan walked away from troubles in his life. RIP

Sad story

God! I really feel for this guy, may your soul rest in peace brov.

perspective is a powerful thing. Young man with all of his life ahead of him, and he just throws it away. Even if he was sent to Somalia, there is still hope. RIP

Hmmmmmm, Rest in pieces

Pathetic story...but for someone readin dis and ιη a similar state... SUICIDE IS NEVER AN OPTION!... When there is life...it means there is still a thin line of hope!

yenukunme: Pathetic story...but for someone readin dis and ιη a similar state... SUICIDE IS NEVER AN OPTION!... When there is life...it means there is still a thin line of hope!

Unfortunately, the young man had mental health issues that may have been a major contributory factor to his suicide act.

He said Mr Balogan had mental health problems and had been moved to a "safe cell" as he had been classed as a suicide risk.