72-Year-Old British Grandmother Devastated As Her 27-Year-Old Nigerian Boytoy Husband Is Denied A Visa

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Locking lips with her hunky groom, Angela Nwachukwu beamed like a giddy teenager. But this was the ­pensioner’s third attempt at marriage — and her hubby was 45 YEARS her junior.

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Angela, 72, had met CJ, 27, just three months earlier after he added her on Facebook. Her trip to his home country of Nigeria for their wedding was the first time they met face to face. But Angela insists CJ is her soulmate and since they married has spent £20,000 visiting him and trying to get him into the UK.

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Angela, a retired taxi driver who was single for six months before meeting CJ, said: "I saw that a young man had sent me a friend request on Facebook and I couldn’t believe my luck. I did wonder why on earth he had added me, but I accepted and he sent me a message straight away telling me how lovely my profile photo was."

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She told the Sun she'd 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 a 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. The only problem was he was 45 years younger and lived 4,000 miles away in Nigeria. I couldn’t help it and began to develop feelings for him. I tried to stop myself."

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Initially, her sons thought their mum was being scammed, so they searched through CJ’s social media to look for clues. They decided he looked like a genuine guy and the family was delighted when CJ proposed a month later, in March of 2015, during a video call.

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She knew the age gap might be frowned upon but she could not help falling for the computer engineer, who lives in the city of Owerri. Angela, who has sons aged 50, 47 and 43, says: “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 was six years younger than my oldest grandchild. But I couldn’t help falling for him. When I first told my son Malcolm about CJ, he was worried it might be a scam, so he checked him out online. After seeing how squeaky-clean his social media was, he felt he was genuine. They could all see how happy I was. We started chatting on Skype and I’d get butterflies when I saw his face on the computer. After a few weeks, CJ told me he had feelings for me. I was so happy.”

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Angela added: "I was so taken a back when he asked me to marry him out of the blue. There was such an amazing chemistry between us, I knew he was my soulmate. Of course, I said yes. He was beaming at me with such a big smile on his face. Knowing I made him that happy was all the reassurance I needed. There was such an amazing chemistry between us.”

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Angela booked her flight to Nigeria and purchased a blue dress to wear for the ceremony, while CJ bought the wedding rings. "We’d planned to wait until the wedding night to consummate our relationship, but we couldn’t keep our hands off each other!"

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Angela says: “CJ had planned the whole day and had bought us both wedding rings. Sadly, none of my family could make it as it was such short notice. But I felt happy to have their blessings. The six-hour plane journey felt like a lifetime. I was worried CJ might not like me in person. But the moment I saw him waiting for me I knew I’d made the right decision. I gave him a hug and he kissed me."

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In April 2015 Angela wed CJ in front of his friends and family at a register office in Lagos.

Angela says: “The ceremony was so beautiful and CJ had organized it all perfectly. It was the happiest day of my life. I felt so lucky — but it was bittersweet because I knew I had to go back to England. The two weeks I was there flew by.”

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“After the wedding, I found it hard leaving CJ. I knew I’d see him again soon but my family visa application was rejected. I was so determined to get him a visa I hired lawyers to fight for us. I’ve since visited him twice." Angela said.

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Angela was shocked when her visa application for CJ was rejected and he was denied entry to the UK.

She says: “The Visa was rejected because officials didn’t think we had financial backing, as I was retired. Over the following months, I tried again and again to appeal the decision. It broke my heart every time it was denied. He wasn’t even allowed to visit me on a tourist visa. I’d waited so long for true love — and now I’d finally found it, it was being kept from me.”

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CJ is not allowed to visit his wife on a tourist visa because authorities believe he wouldn’t leave the UK. Since their marriage, Angela has visited her husband in Nigeria twice and hasn’t given up hope of being permanently united with him.

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She adds: “I know there are scam marriages and they get hold of older people like me. But they find out if you have money first. I told CJ from the beginning I haven’t any money. But he told me, ‘It’s you I want’. I know it goes on and that’s why I was so upfront. I have helped CJ financially but he has always paid me back.”

Since marrying, Angela has visited her husband in Nigeria twice, once in March 2016 for three weeks and once in January 2017 for three weeks.

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She still hopes to be permanently united with him.

She says: “Our only hope now is that CJ will be allowed to come next year on a student visa to study his Masters in computing. I’m hoping to go to Africa later this year to visit him and I’m counting down the days until I can see him again.”