These Kanu descendants are funny! You're majoring on someone saying Obama is or isn't a Kenyan, hence missing the point! Y'all claim it's in Nigeria's constitution that Nigerians with dual citizenship aren't allowed to hold public offices! Anyways, it's no surprise to hear such crap from the ever-lying, unintelligent, ever-deluded IPIGs!



The position of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and judicial pronouncements on the matter are very clear, instantly recognizable and have been unswerving in that- holding dual citizenship of Nigeria and another country will not serve as a bar to dual citizenship holder from contesting and/or holding elective post in Nigeria, but with a rider: PROVIDED that the individual holding the dual citizenship acquired his/her Nigerian nationality by BIRTH! Now the question should be: was the new NIA DG born in Nigeria? The answer is definitely YES!!!



Now let's even assume the IPIGs are right about the dual citizenship crap: Then why didn't you remind us when Ebelemi Jonathan appointed Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, who holds dual citizenship of Nigeria & the US as the minister of finance, & a freaking coordinating minister of the economy? You see how hypocritical these IPIGs are!

Just like CowNu ,� what is wrong with dual citizenship . the poster also has dual citizenship ask me and I will tell you

Okanokan:


National Security Matters are not for every Tom, Dick and Harry, moreso for a man who has continuously flunk his NIA exams so many times, married to a morrocan a country who just got into ECOWAS coupled with a citizenship of Boko Haram friendly Chad etc, etc, is more than enough reason for the President to withdraw his approval. We will take back our dear FATHERLAND from the GRAVE-DIGGERS.

i don't think his dual citizenship should b an issue. If u are pointing fingers at his professional credentials am with u all d way

Leopantro:


read the Nigerian constitution then come back and read what you wrote

No wonder these old politicians keep ruling us for life,,they push whenever,,wherever they like,,ultimately to suite there selfish agendas ... nigeria constitution places no bar as dual citizenship as far as nationality is by birth,, even saraki senate presid. has dual citizenship.
come to think of it if academic grades are largely determinants of life success n performance ... how many 1st class dey forbes list ,,how many 1st class are ceo of large scale firms today .. people wey carry book for head endup serving the industrous and innovative minds .
nigerians donnt need a leader with 1st class,,msc+ phd,,propounding english for dictionary ,,what we need is a leader with rod + decisive steps @ appropriate timing,,academic textbooks or theories donnt work on nigerians or her economic, here anything that goes up finds it bearing up ...

gokuu:


Obama is not a Kenyan citizen. He does not have a Kenyan passport, and has never sought Kenyan citizenship on the back of his father’s ancestry.

he doesnt need 2 seek it. Its citizenship by birth.there are many Nigerians who don't have passports but that doesn't mean they aren't Nigerians

Ugosample:


Barack Obama is NOT a Kenyan citizen.
haba

y isn't he a Kenyan citizen?

What do you expect when his master does not have certificate. Birds of the same feather... until we put a round poll in a round hole we can't get it right. Until housa/ fulani gets rid of tribalism and religious sentiment... until the housa /fulani starts seeing the difference b/w western education from islamic education, we still be backward.

Guys beware of fraudsters on facebook,instagram,twitter,wha tsapp,nairaland forum n in other social media platforms claiming to av fixed matches to win millions... They're Yahoo boys in another version...Don't do any bizness wit them... They're devilish sadists.......run from them pls

LionDeLeo:

And the office of the president is not classified, abi?

Pls remind me when Barrack Obama denounced his Kenyan citizenship thereby having undivided loyalty.

Had Ahmed Abubakar ever worked with NIA in top ranking position even prior to the coming of Bubu?

No. President Obama is not a Kenyan citizen. It's somewhat complicated, but here are the basic facts

Since President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he is an American citizen by birth. When Obama was born in 1961, Kenya was not a sovereign state but a British overseas possession. Because Obama's father was a citizen of a British colony, Obama had dual American-British colonial citizenship at birth. When Britain granted Kenya its independence in 1963, Obama lost his British colonial citizenship. Technically, he then became a dual citizen of the US and Kenya but he automatically lost his Kenyan citizenship in 1984 when he turned 23. At the time, Kenyan law did not allow adults to hold dual citizenship, and Obama could have kept his Kenyan citizenship only by renouncing his American citizenship and swearing an oath of allegiance to Kenya. He did not do so. Under current Kenyan law, he could apply for and receive Kenyan citizenship because of his late father's citizenship, but I suspect the probability of that happening is pretty low.
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No. President Obama is not a Kenyan citizen. It's somewhat complicated, but here are the basic facts

Since President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he is an American citizen by birth. When Obama was born in 1961, Kenya was not a sovereign state but a British overseas possession. Because Obama's father was a citizen of a British colony, Obama had dual American-British colonial citizenship at birth. When Britain granted Kenya its independence in 1963, Obama lost his British colonial citizenship. Technically, he then became a dual citizen of the US and Kenya but he automatically lost his Kenyan citizenship in 1984 when he turned 23. At the time, Kenyan law did not allow adults to hold dual citizenship, and Obama could have kept his Kenyan citizenship only by renouncing his American citizenship and swearing an oath of allegiance to Kenya. He did not do so. Under current Kenyan law, he could apply for and receive Kenyan citizenship because of his late father's citizenship, but I suspect the probability of that happening is pretty low.

angels09:

The NASS is weak. I trust Chuba Okadigbo or Ken Nnamani. This is too much

did you just say nass? are you a learner? anything that will not affect their stupendously crazy salaries and allawee they will not say pim. the year in year out hibernation continues at both the green and red chamber. very useless sets of demon possesed cretins.

vertueptime:


He. Got d job , I remember when gen appointed labaran maku as......

A failure always compare himself with a failure. He looks in the mirror, smile and says “ that man is more of a failure than me”

LionDeLeo:
When the relentless noise of him being a fulani did not yield any results, it is the duality of his citizenship that is now the latest

And one with dual citizenship cannot be appointed as NIA?

I can't remember when Barrack Obama denounced his Kenyan citizenship.

Bros

Do you know what dual citizenship means?

Where did you get the information that Barrack Obama had dual citizenship.

Abeg explain

Leopantro:


read the Nigerian constitution then come back and read what you wrote

did you read the constitution when you supported bukola saraki a dual citizen to be Senate president

That man is a chadian pretending to be a Nigerian.. That's how they do it here.They will come n claim to be katsina men or kano and mostly Fulani come to the north and see them plenty.Check.the hair of his children and his own hair you will see that his not.

Princedapace:



Hi.. I don't like commenting much here but I needed to point out something to u..

One, there is no issue appointing him.. No problem at all. But the issue here is that nearly the entire security agencies heads in Nigeria are headed by people from the north.. That is not right bro. It is not even about the constitution alone.. It is about what is logically right.

Nigeria is a sensitive country.. It is a country with history of bloody civil war. A country where ethnic sentiments is the order of the day. It is improper of the president to only appoint people from one region to head strategic positions like this.

Buhri no try at all. Forget whatever u would say to justify this. I am sure deep down you, u understand what I am saying.

Appointments made so far in security and other strategic positions have been bias. Such can cause trouble if not that Nigerians are not all that violent. It is about the new NIA boss qualification, there are also qualified people from south.

It is becus of fear of ethnic domination that i av always suggested that Nigeria should return to regional system of govt. With this, each ethnic region can sort themselves out during appointments. Filling up the FG with people mostly from the north is an act that can provoke others.. That was why federal character was established becus fear of ethnic domination can cause war.

I think for all these nonsense sentiments to stop, I encourage youths who are reasonable to preach regional govt based constitution with a weakened central govt. Igbos may decide to retate their regional mayor, have their own capital and share investments among their states. Same goes to west, south south, north etc. This can help reduce the too much hate we experience at the center.

I don't get it, Buhari is appointing those he trusts why is that a problem? You simply believe that by having Northerners head posts in Nigeria it means there will be bias and that's the general problem with you people


When Jonathan filled his cabinets and appointment with his brothers nobody complained of islamization

ArodeTsolaye:


..and that was the rotten-toothed Abokki gworo that was claiming to be intelligent on the other thread.

Read what u wrote and compare ur brain power with that of a mokey.

But for God sake did Buhari asked for this man CV and go through it before appointing this man?

Pls where is Prof. Osibanjo? So if even Mr Nepa bill certificate knows nothing about CV can't Osibanjo safe the situation?

We just heard about deadocracy and now its failocracy or chadocracy or frenchocracy I don't know what to call it.

Buhari plus apc why, why and why? Is this the way you people suppose to pay those who put their lives on line to get you on power

What exactly makes this man more deserving of the job than other more deserving people.
Is it that he sponsored buhari, is he loyal to APC or what exactly

OMG......buhari and INCOMPETENCE again.......please, can Nigerians in the Senate push for the impeachment of this terrorist already. From now to 2019,is a very long time under this regime.

Leopantro:


read the Nigerian constitution then come back and read what you wrote

do u think is everybody that went to school. The constitution was very clear about the post one with dual citizenship cannot hold.

GMBuhari:



I don't get it, Buhari is appointing those he trusts why is that a problem? You simply believe that by having Northerners head posts in Nigeria it means there will be bias and that's the general problem with you people


When Jonathan filled his cabinets and appointment with his brothers nobody complained of islamization

Why won’t Trump call Nigeria shit hole when the country is filled with people like you.

Keep comparing failure with failure and expect progress. Deluded slowpoke

Escravos:
did you read the constitution when you supported bukola saraki a dual citizen to be Senate president

i never supported bukola saraki,
frankly all politicians should undergo the same fate that happened in Ghana

Just see how they proved somebody here right ...I was going through comment in a post concerning him and somebody stated that his eyes portrayed him as a dullard and now it has been confirmed ...Failed twice and now head

CollinsWeGlobe:
Nigerians Reacts To Ahmed Abubakar Appointment As The New NIA DG - Says Jackson Ude

Just 3 days ago President Buhari appointed Ahmed Abubakar as the substantive Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

According to the statement.

Abubakar, was before his appointment as the new NIA DG, the Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations. Abubakar holds a B.A degree in French Language and Literature, and an M.A degree in Francophone Maghrebian Literature, both from Bayero University, Kano.

Nigerians on twitter has reacts to the appointment, after a twitter user Jackson tweets.

He tweeted: "The new NIA DG recently appointed by Buhari has dual citizenship. He was born in Chad, holds a Chadian and Nigerian citizenship. His wife is Moroccan. He twice failed NIA promotion exams. Retired in 2013 to avoid dismissal. His dossier is filled with incompetences!"

https://twitter.com/jacksonpbn/status/952354797826473984

Source: http://mandynews.com/2018/01/14/nigerians-reacts-to-ahmed-abubakar-appointment-as-the-new-nia-dg-photos/

LionDeLeo:
When the relentless noise of him being a fulani did not yield any results, it is the duality of his citizenship that is now the latest

And one with dual citizenship cannot be appointed as NIA?

I can't remember when Barrack Obama denounced his Kenyan citizenship.

Stop thinking like a robot, at be objective if just this once, this government has failed us and keep failing us, the OP said the man is largely unfit, he failed a common NIA promotional exam twice!

ericsmith:


No wonder these old politicians keep ruling us for life,,they push whenever,,wherever they like,,ultimately to suite there selfish agendas ... nigeria constitution places no bar as dual citizenship as far as nationality is by birth,, even saraki senate presid. has dual citizenship.
come to think of it if academic grades are largely determinants of life success n performance ... how many 1st class dey forbes list ,,how many 1st class are ceo of large scale firms today .. people wey carry book for head endup serving the industrous and innovative minds .
nigerians donnt need a leader with 1st class,,msc+ phd,,propounding english for dictionary ,,what we need is a leader with rod + decisive steps @ appropriate timing,,academic textbooks or theories donnt work on nigerians or her economic, here anything that goes up finds it bearing up ...

Are you in essence trying to postulate that academic knowledge is irrelevant to successful living, to some extent you might be right but on a very low bar. The owner of Amazon, currently competing with Bill Gates as richest man in the world , graduated the top of his class, in fact he was the valedictorian. Stop this ideology that most richest people in the world are not educated, most of them started but along the line discover a befitting career and felt that continue studying till graduation might not be helpful to that vision that they bore.

Talk of education, imagine giving a sensitive and secret office to be headed by a loser, likely He is the type of student that pays others to write exams for him, cheat his way through to graduation but unfortunately there's no room for cheating in NIS internal assessment and performance employee exams that lead to his early retirement from the service. Only to be appointed head of same organisation with arrays of brilliant mind.


Is quite bad that he gladly accept the offer, because like his master, education is just a waste of time.

LionDeLeo:
When the relentless noise of him being a fulani did not yield any results, it is the duality of his citizenship that is now the latest

And one with dual citizenship cannot be appointed as NIA?

I can't remember when Barrack Obama denounced his Kenyan citizenship.

Am sure you are 80years and above. Otherwise I pray you get the spirit of discernment. To be able to differentiate between propaganda and truth, deceit and reality. I rest it here for now.

usba:
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When they have nothing to say they begin coming up with senseless tasks.

mtcheeeew

If this is true then its bad....really bad. My oh my.

Humbledtoexcel:

Am sure you are 80years and above. Otherwise I pray you get the spirit of discernment. To be able to differentiate between propaganda and truth, deceit and reality. I rest it here for now.

You are right, I'm over 80 yrs and indeed to be precise, I'm 98 yrs old. However, pray to attain that age in your life.

Also, you should know at that age, one cannot differentiate between propaganda and truth, so your prayer is of no significance and very unnecessary.

Nigerian's wake up oooo... I can authoritatively tell you that Ahmed Abubakar is a CIA agent and one of the top Boko haram henchman!!..And obviously this is a reward for a job well done!..I cant believe so many cretinous Buharist see nothing wrong in appointing a Chadian citizen as National Intelligence Agency(NIA) boss and confusing a top security post with political a appointment! This is really sickening and people supporting this are Jihadist especially a certain Lion.. whatever who is Aregebsola's Jihad Agent..Have you ever heard of Herdsman attack in Osun state??That is why you have the Sultan of Sokoto coming to the inauguration of Oluwo who is a known islamic Jihadic apologist, a demonic gay occult and a fraudster!!..More like a stamp of authority..That is because the Jihadist feels that they have Osun State in there pocket...But God once again is gradually upstaging all their plans just as Senator. Ademola Adeleke of PDP defeated Mudasiru Hussein of APC and that victory will be completed in this year's Governorship election in Osun state...I dont want to sound like an alarmist but believe me when i say the Jihad is on ooo....Every security outfit is firmly in the hands of the Jihadist...Bosun Emmanuel saw it coming and it is playing out right on the face of Nigerians and nobody seems to care!!...Heinous events of the coming months will shock a whole lots of people...And they seems ready to crush any dissenting voice with maximum force..Benue people watch your back ooo...IGP of police Ibrahim Idris will not protect you ooo!!.He is an in Law to Etsu Nupe and they are all down for the Jihad...Don't be caught unawares...Be watchful and be prayerful!

john4affiliate:


Stop thinking like a robot, at be objective if just this once, this government has failed us and keep failing us, the OP said the man is largely unfit, he failed a common NIA promotional exam twice!

It's funny how you Jonathan sycophants tell people to be objective when you're the kings of sycophancy! The OP's story says people with dual citizenship, no matter the circumstances, are prohibited from holding any public office in Nigeria, which is a BIG LIE because there's a clause to that law in the constitution, & the new NIA DG clearly fulfils that clause of the law by being a Nigerian BY BIRTH! Now if the OP could lie about that, what makes you think he's telling the truth about him failing promotion exam twice? Truth is you Jonathan sycophants only believe him because it suits your bias! So, bro, you're the robot here; you're never objective!

madridsta007:

Just a quick one— no Nigerian official is allowed to hold dual citizenship. You can not pledge allegiance to two countries while serving one. That’s confusion.

This is incorrect and has been tested severally in the court of law.
*Pls don't confuse your personal 'thoughts' with the constitution and laws of the land.