An athlete in a wheelchair. Vincent Onwubiko -- a disabled weightlifter who has won five gold medals for Britain -- is facing deportation back to Nigeria, the UK Border Agency said.
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He was also selected for the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta but could not attend. He claims that he could be dead within weeks if sent back to Nigeria. Onwubiko told The Independent: "The government has given me three months of painkillers for my return to Nigeria and told me to get on with it. But I need proper care. Sending me back is a death sentence."
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