A judge in Manitoba's highest court denied a request from a Nigerian student who faces deportation to grant an extension to appeal his sentence for fleeing a police officer.

Efua Boniface Oribhabor was found guilty during a trial in April 2024 of flight from peace officer, a Criminal Code offence, after he led police on a high-speed chase through the icy streets of downtown Winnipeg that ended with Oribhabor crashing his vehicle and being arrested after a foot chase.

He was sentenced to three mon…