The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has reacted to the viral picture of a Guinean passport with the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, face on it.
Speaking during a live appearance on Channels Television on Sunday politics, Fashola said he expressed doubt over constitutionally provided restrictions placed on a presidential candidate with dual citizenship from contesting elections.
He said, “I know he carries a Nigerian passport; I don’t know about dual citizenship.
“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?”
“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.”
