For Tayo, hiring the service of a marriage agent firm to obtain a certificate was the only option to live and work freely in America and the United Kingdom (UK) among others.

She went on to uncover their marriage certificate alongside a notice of intended marriage, signed with what court documents described as a fake signature with little resemblance to her own.

Taking a serious note of fake marriage and age certificates used by ‘runaway’ couples to obtain protection from courts, the ...