Atiku’s aide: Guinean Gov. implicated Tinubu by saying it issued him a diplomatic passport

The spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Marketing campaign Council, Daniel Bwala had reacted to the alleged dual citizenship of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Continue Reading…

The allegations which purported Tinubu has dual citizenship of each Nigeria and Guinea generated combined emotions amongst Nigerians, especially these against his emergence as the President-elect in the just concluded presidential polls.

In a tweet Bwala made on his Twitter handle, he noted that the government of Guinea implicated Tinubu by saying the passport issued to him was a diplomatic one.

According to him, Tinubu accepting the diplomatic passport makes him a citizen of Guinea but he ticked in the INEC form he filled during the 2023 elections that he is only a Nigerian citizen.

Bwala wrote: “Guinean govt. further implicated him without knowing by saying the passport issued to him was a diplomatic one. Can a diplomatic passport be issued to a non-citizen? No. Only citizens who are either govt. officials or designated to attend a program abroad can get a diplomatic pp.

So, in a nutshell, by accepting the diplomatic passport he swore allegiance to the government and the flag of Guinea and hence he is a citizen of Guinea. But in his INEC form under oath he ticked that he doesn’t have a dual citizenship. You make the legal conclusion” Continue Reading…