More woes for Miss South Africa contestant, Chidinma Adetshina as her citizenship is being questioned over allegations of fraud and identity theft.
On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, the South African Department of Home Affairs provided an update on its preliminary findings following an investigation into Adetshina’s citizenship.
According to its findings, the Home Affairs department reveals there is substantial evidence to believe that potential fraud and identity theft may have been committed by the person recorded in the records as Chidimma Adetshina’s mother.
The statement released on X reads: “Prima facie reasons exist to believe that fraud and identity theft may have been committed by the person recorded in Home Affairs records as Chidimma Adetshina’s mother.
Chidinma’s mother was born in South Africa but is of Mozambican descent.
However, the department added that Adetshina could not have participated in the alleged unlawful actions of her mother because she was an infant in 2001.
“An innocent South African mother, whose identity may have been stolen as part of the alleged fraud committed by Adetshina’s mother, suffered as a result because she could not register her child,” the department said.
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