Dual citizenship doesn’t disqualify anyone born in Nigeria from contesting elections — Aondoakaa
Former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, said yesterday that having dual citizenship does not disqualify anyone who is a Nigerian by birth from contesting elections in the country.
His clarification came against the backdrop of claims that the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, and now President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s alleged possession of a Guinean passport disqualified him from contesting the just concluded general elections.
But Aondoakaa, who spoke in an interview on Arise TV, said dual citizenship could only disqualify a person who obtained such status by naturalisation or registration.
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