The applicant, a citizen of Nigeria, sought refugee protection based on his sexual orientation.
The Refugee Protection Division and Refugee Appeal Division rejected his claim on credibility grounds, finding it implausible that he hid from police for months while still attending work daily at the same bank.
The RAD also assigned low weight to supporting affidavits and found his residual evidence of involvement in the LGBTIQ community in Canada too vague.
The Federal Court applied the Vavilov framework, held the credibility inferences and evidentiary weighting were reasonable, and dismissed the application for judicial review.
