‘I Doubt Law Disqualifies Dual Citizen – Fashola Defends Tinubu’s Victory Amid Guinean Passport Claims
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed doubt over constitutionally provided restrictions placed on a presidential candidate with dual citizenship from contesting elections.
The former Lagos State governor shared his perspective, given photos of what appeared to be a Guinean passport with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as its holder being widely shared online over the weekend.
The allegations of Tinubu purportedly being a citizen of both Nigeria and Guinea generated uproar among netizens, especially those opposed to his emergence as the President-elect in the February 25 election.
“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?”