Ajeyemi. Photo: Humber Police

A United Kingdom court has ordered the deportation of a Nigerian man, Qudus Ajeyemi, after sentencing him to five years and six months’ imprisonment for attempted rape and sexual assault of a woman in Hull, England.

PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement obtained on the website of the Humberside Police on Wednesday that 27-year-old Ajeyemi was also handed a seven-year restraining order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life following his conviction.

The police said Ajeyemi, of May Street, Hull, was found guilty of attempted rape and sexual assault after a week-long trial that ended at Hull Crown Court on May 26, 2026.

According to the statement, following his sentencing on Monday, June 15, the court ordered that he be deported from the United Kingdom upon completion of his prison term.