A Nigerian national was yesterday given 24 hours to leave the country after he was reprimanded for illegally entering from Brazil.
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan ordered Immanuel Dennis-Derry, 24, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to leave Guyana after he pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal entry.
The city court heard that on March 27, at Lethem, Rupununi, Dennis-Derry, a trader, entered Guyana without presenting himself to an immigration officer.
Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers told the court that Dennis-Derry, although a Nigerian national, acquired citizenship in Brazil, where he is currently living. On March 27, Dennis-Derry came to Guyana in a vehicle and did not present himself to the nearest immigration officer, the prosecutor added. Jeffers also told the court that Dennis-Derry was arrested in New Amsterdam, Berbice, where the police checked his passport and noticed that he hadn’t presented himself to an immigration officer.
Dennis-Derry was subsequently reprimanded and discharged by the Chief Magistrate, who gave him 24 hours to leave Guyana and go back to Brazil.
