Dual citizenship doesn’t disqualify anyone born in Nigeria from contesting elections — Aondoakaa
Michael Aondoakaa Former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, has stated 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. The former AGF stated that the complainants must first establish that Tinubu was not a Nigerian by birth before dual citizenship could become an issue. He said the issue was not in the petition filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic...