The Nigerian nurse who are in the probe for examination have ordered to leave the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Interior Ministry has revoked the visas of several Nigerian nurses under investigation for alleged exam frauds, ordering them to leave the country.

A Nursing Times report cited by the Vanguard newspaper said that the affected nurses were still waiting for the results of their appeals.

However, they received official letters from the Ministry of the Interior to instruct them to leave the United Kingdom starting next week.

The deportation order followed an investigation in progress by the nursing and obstetric council of the United Kingdom (NMC) Suspected negligence at the Yunnik Technologies test center in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The investigation, which began in 2023, was activated after the NMC detected “anomalous data” in the computer -based test (CBT) for foreign nurses looking for registration in the United Kingdom.

The CBT is a crucial part of the United Kingdom’s nursing qualification process and is generally taken in the countries of origin of the candidates.

After examining the data, the NMC established that 48 registered nurses and 669 candidates may have obtained the test results fraudulently.

As a result, the NMC declared all the test results from the Yunnik center not valid.

The affected people were foreseen to evaluate their cases from an independent panel to determine if the fraud has been committed.

However, in February 2025, about 50 of them emise a letter of pre-action protocol to the NMC, claiming that their hearings were delayed “deliberately”.

They also invited the NMC to collaborate with the Ministry of the Interior to allow them to remain in the United Kingdom while their appeals were in the revision phase.

Despite these requests, the Ministry of the Interior has now taken measures to enforce their departure.