Nigerian-born South African beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina is to be stripped of her South African ID and travel documents by Home Affairs.

Chidimma, who drew the attention of many over her participation in the Miss South Africa pageant, was trailed by controversies about her identity as people questioned her eligibility. This led to her dropping out of the competition and participating in the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant, which she won.

On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, Home Affairs announced that the 22-year-old model, who was born to a Nigerian father, was going to have her South African ID papers withdrawn. According to BBC reports, her mother was also going to have her documents cancelled because both of them failed to provide reasons why they should keep them within the deadline they were given.

BBC reported that a top civil servant in the department, Tommy Makhode, said that Chidimma’s case was transferred to a special police force, Hawks, and investigations concluded that it was a case of fraud.

The news of Chidimma Adetshina being stripped of her South African ID and travel documents raised a series of comments from netizens, particularly Nigerians.

Read some comments here

Jewel_uche: “This witch hunt over this girl and her family hasn’t ended.”

Yvevc: “We’ve got you Sis. Keep soaring.”

Poshcatmcbarbie: “Wetin reach so?”

yvevc: “The only citizenship that matters is the Citizenship of heaven.”

onomen_onabu: “For what?”

Ladymay_m: “I sha know say them no go rest,after stripping her, wetin wuna go do her again…make wuna talk all at once.”

medics_africa: “I thought this was over.”

Genia_adah: “I am tired of all this dragging. Strip and let us rest.”

Netflixrecommendd: “As miss universe don start they are trying to kill her game. This ppl really hate this girl.”

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