Simon Believes Porsha Reported Him to ICE?

Last week The Real Housewives of Atlanta estranged husband, Simon Guobadia, was deported to Nigeria after four months in ICE custody [click here if you missed that]. 

In his first interview Simon admits he believes his estranged wife Porsha Williams or someone close to her may have reported him to ICE...

From Us

Guobadia, who was deported to Nigeria over the weekend, explained he was spending time overseas amid his divorce. He took a flight back home to America to attend a hearing in the case.

He said he was “met at the entrance” of the gate, and “about seven agents with ICE” came on board the plane to escort him off.

Guobadia, 61, said he was asked “a bunch of questions about my business and where I was traveling from, and then they asked me to turn over my devices.”

He said they took his laptop and two phones, one of which was dedicated to business in Dubai and the other for work in the United States.

"So I had everything on me, literally a mobile office. [They] took those from me and [I] gave them passcodes so they could do their forensic investigation, [if] you will. After that, they basically came and told me that I was being detained and that they would be taking me in, and I’ll be seeing a judge at some point. So they slapped the cuffs on and I was taken away,” he told Us.

Guobadia said he had no idea he was going to be taken into custody that day. He noted it all happened “a day or two before the premiere of season 16” of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

He found the whole thing odd since his immigration issues were well-known. Guobadia said he had never had any issues traveling.

When asked if it felt like he was targeted, Guobadia told Us, “Yes, it felt like a target. It felt like a target because they had no reason [and] it felt like a target on a number of fronts. One, for sure, is the new administration and new administration policies, they’ve heightened their targets apparently as agents are waiting, looking through flight [logs] for names that may have popped up on their radar and take them into custody.”

He continued, “And the second one was that I expected that I’m in a contentious divorce, and it’s not just one individual I’m dealing with. I am dealing with those behind her, the powers behind her that, obviously, would like to see her succeed and ensure that the investment in this person will come to fruition. So I was not totally oblivious to the possibilities of … some interference.”

Guobadia said he did not know but felt it was possible Williams, 43, or someone connected to her may have called ICE. “It’s possible. I just don’t know. I don’t have all the facts,” he said. (A source with knowledge of the situation tells Us, “There’s zero truth to this theory that there’s a connection between Porsha and Simon’s arrest. It was an internet meme.”)