Nigeria, Aug. 18 -- A Nigerian man who says he converted from Islam to Christianity and was hunted by Boko Haram has lost his last-minute legal fight to remain in Canada, paving the way for his deportation with his wife and two sons this week, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

In a decision issued Friday, Federal Court Justice Roger Lafreniere dismissed the motion of Adeniyi Muftau Gbadamosi, his wife Olabisi Sherifat, and their sons Olamilekan Malik and Olamiposi Shuaib, who asked for a stay of removal until their application for judicial review of a negative Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) could be heard.

The family, who are Nigerian citizens, first fled Nigeria in 2018 after Mr Gbadamosi claimed Boko Haram threatened him for converting to...