able to obtain business records, school
records, a marriage certificate or family pictures supporting his story. She stated
that someone should remember Nwokeafor if he had worked at the church for all
those years. Finally, in her oral decision, the IJ noted that none of the claimed
attacks on Nwokeafor and his family had been documented. The IJ explicitly
stated that "[i]n this case the Court does have issues of credibility" and concluded
that Nwokeafor "failed to establish his activities in Nigeria or corroborate his
claim." The IJ thus made an adverse credibility determination. Likewise, the BIA
stated in its order that Nwokeafor failed to "provide specific, detailed, plausible,
and coherent information about the basis of his fear of persecution."
As the IJ made an adverse credibility determination and Nwokeafor did not
produce any evidence other than his testimony regarding his activities in Nigeria or the events underlying his claims of persecution, Nwokeafor has not established that
the IJ's adverse credibility determination was unsupported by substantial evidence.
Accordingly, we need not consider whether the IJ erred in failing to credit the
Nigerian government's authentication of Nwokeafor's passport or in determining
that Nwokeafor could have safely relocated to a Christian region of Nigeria, and
we deny his petition.
PETITION DENIED.