{"id":86421,"date":"2023-04-17T22:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atikus-aide-reacts-to-report-of-tinubu-having-dual-citizenship"},"modified":"2023-04-18T00:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T23:17:44","slug":"atikus-aide-reacts-to-report-of-tinubu-having-dual-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atikus-aide-reacts-to-report-of-tinubu-having-dual-citizenship","title":{"rendered":"Atiku\u2019s aide reacts to report of Tinubu having dual citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The camp of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to reports of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, having dual citizenship.<\/p>\n

Atiku\u2019s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, wondered why Tinubu would allegedly have dual citizenship and contest for the presidency.<\/p>\n

The dual citizenship allegation is the latest in the controversies surrounding Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Tinubu\u2019s critics believe dual citizenship prevents him from the presidency based on Section 137 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

He is believed to have a Guinean passport.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the controversy, Bwala tweeted: \u201cIf you are running for the office of the president, but you have acquired a passport of another country, meaning you have dual citizenship; and in your INEC form you ticked No for having another passport other than a Nigerian passport, what is the implication? Hmmm.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone was trying to give an excuse for dual citizenship and said, \u201cbut the passport has expired.\u201d Funny. Does the expiration of your passport take away your citizenship status?\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The camp of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to reports of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, having dual citizenship. Atiku\u2019s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, wondered why Tinubu would allegedly have dual citizenship and contest for the presidency. 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