[BREAKING] Dual Citizenship: Fashola Reacts To Reports Of Tinubu’s Guinean Passport Claims

[BREAKING] Dual Citizenship: Fashola Reacts To Reports Of Tinubu’s Guinean Passport Claims

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has expressed doubts about constitutionally mandated restrictions on a presidential candidate with dual citizenship contesting elections.

The former Lagos State governor shared his thoughts after photos of what appeared to be a Guinean passport with President-elect Bola Tinubu as its holder were widely circulated online over the weekend.

The allegations that Tinubu is a dual citizen of Nigeria and Guinea sparked outrage among netizens, particularly those opposed to his election as President-elect on February 25.

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“I know he carries a Nigerian passport; I don’t know about dual citizenship,” Fashola, a former chief of staff to Tinubu, said during his live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

“I know he resided abroad when he went on exile. I don’t know if they gave him American citizenship there. What does that have to do with the results of the election? The last time I checked, I think Nigeria’s constitution allows you to have dual citizenship?”

Asked if the provisions cited applied to presidential candidates, the Senior Advocate Nigeria (SAN) said he would need to revisit the constitution for the specifics of its provision on the matter.

“I’ll go and check. It’s ‘place of birth’ o… if you were born to Nigerian parents. I’ll check that, but I doubt that the Nigerian constitution makes you disentitled if you have dual citizenship because the constitution allows you to have dual citizenship,” he added.

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