3 August 2010  Nigeria: Jailed Over UK Sham Marriage  Abuja — A
Nigerian man and a French woman have been sentenced to two and a
half years imprisonment by a London court after pleading guilty
to immigration offences through sham marriage.  This brings to
six the number of Nigerians that have been convicted since
Operation Sandford, which prescribes a clampdown on illegal
immigrants, started in the United Kingdom in March this year.  A
statement signed by the Regional Press officer, East, of the UK
Border Agency, Toby Allanson, which was made available to
THISDAY by the British High Commission in Abuja yesterday, said
the duo were arrested while their marriage ceremony was under
way in St Michael's Church, Perry Street, Northampton.  The
statement added that the Nigerian man, Moshood Sanusi, and his
French bride, Landry Tra, would be deported at the end of their
jail terms.  Tra had admitted to agreeing to marry Sanusi, who
had overstayed his visa, after he had paid her 3,500 pounds. He
had hoped his marriage