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Dede1:
This is a display of acute ignorance. Included in the link you submitted are these:

“A person who is considered a citizen by more than one nation has dual citizenship. It is possible for a United States citizen to have dual citizenship, for example by birth in the United States to a parent who is a citizen of a foreign country. Anyone who becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen is required to renounce any prior citizenship during the naturalization ceremony; however, this renunciation may not necessarily be considered effective by the country of prior citizenship.
United States citizens are required by federal law to identify themselves with a U.S. passport, not with any foreign passport, when entering the US. The Supreme Court case of Afroyim v. Rusk declared that a U.S. citizen did not lose his citizenship by voting in an election in a foreign country, or by acquiring foreign citizenship, if such acts did not require him to explicitly renounce his U.S. citizenship.”


If the USA Supreme Court case you cited had allowed unalloyed dual citizenship, the concerned citizens should be allowed into USA with the passport of another country.

You lacked basic comprehensible pedigree which made you an irrepressible dullard.

mydreamz:
BETTER THAN ALL YOUR GIRLFRIENDS' NYANSH JOIN TOGETHER

alaper:
Has anyone considered that she might be the one having unrealistic expectations about life in the UK?  Many "ïmported" ladies land here thinking London is paved with gold, and money is there just to be picked!!.  I guess it the unrealistic expectations of the lady that is contributing to the man's fustration.  The poor man is working his backside out to meet her expectations and it is still not enough!  My nephew that visited me recently ran up a bill of 400 pounds in one week phoning his friends at home!  I was livid with anger, but you needed to see his reaction!  To him it was not a big deal, because we are in London, and I am working!!  I think the problems are her unrealistic expectations of life in London.  The myth of 'life abroad' which probably is part of what made her love and marry him has now evaporated.  She says he nags but for what?  I don't believe it is the accent alone.  The earlier she comes down to the real world and realise that marriage is tough, and living in Britain is also tougher, cosidering you are unemployed, and unemployable,  the better for you.  The advice that you should breakup is not sound.  What make you think there are perfect men out there.  A man nags you and you want to kill him.  Suppose the next one physically abuses you, or cheats on you, does not support you financially?   Get real my dear!!!!

mydreamz:
FOOL

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@Emmatok.
Going by your first post, if HE IS NOT A "NATURALIZED US CITIZEN", then NO STORY1

Again, to your second post.

The issue is NOT ABOUT the legality of having DUAL CITIZENSHIP. That is perfectly legal.
The case you sighted is about "dual citizenship".


The issue here is a constitutional one and its about "Voluntary acquisition" of second citizenship and "Declaration of Allegiance" to another country.
Did you notice that the Governor's statements DID NOT CONTEST THAT ISSUE?
He simply DENIED THE TRUTH/FALSITY OF IT.

If truly he is not a US citizen, then the petition lacks grounds and would FAIL. END of Story.

Tanx.

LeoMax:
OpenVR simply edited an open source software. The source codes are on the internet for free. You IT morons just think software development and deployment is rocket science.

Ifebazz:
usually i don't meddle wit religious & tribal arguments bt i'll break ma rules here.
Yorubas ar front runners abi not lagos here we dey wey lagosians can't even reply common[b] english except u speak yoruba? Wit dem jagons & grammartical inundoes. Guy nor let me blow grammar here o, i dey vex. [/b]
80% of educated ppl in lag ar foreigners believe it or not.
De part i agree dey ar forerunners is corruption. Yes o. OBJ use coffin tif cash, 1st in history. Bankole refuse to enter plane cos dem wan search am. your man win election frm prison.
your educated senator don't kw diff btw overhead & capital expenditure. @ 260 in ume, i still didn't get admited into a quack yoruba sch cos i nor be mgbati mgbati (tnk God sef, i wonder de kinda queer eng i'd hv tagged along).
Yoruba woman refurbished CAR (motor) wit N500, 000,000.00 if am not mistaken.  OBJ sell bakasi to cameroun.
Guy leave ethnicity outa here & be constructive instead. Tumelah!

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Let me add my own Two cents!

1.)Governor Ajumobi is a bona-fide Nigerian Citizen (BY BIRTH). His citizenship cannot be renounced!.

2.)When you "acquire" the citizenship of a foreign country (America in this case), YOU SWEAR AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THAT COUNTRY!
Anyone that has done this before knows that it is "the part" you go to do at a court. That is Clear.

3.) Right NOW, he has dual Citizenship: NIGERIA AND AMERICA. That is legal and acceptable in the Constitution. that is clear.

4.) Section 182 (1)(a) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. States inter-allia:

"No person shall be qualified for election to the office of governor of a state if; subject to the provision of 28 of this constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, he has made a declaration of allegiance to such other country."

Take special note of the two phrases: *Shall not be Qualified*,.,.,.,.,, ,,,*VOLUNTARILY ACQUIRED. *

5.) Looking at (4) and (2) together:

- #4 says YOU CANT BE GOVERNOR “IF”
(a) You swear allegiance/make a declaration of allegiance to another country! Did Ajumobi do that? YES!.
(b) Voluntarily acquire the citizenship of another country! Did Ajumobi do that? YES!.

Now, this is not about whether our constitution allows dual citizenship (it does!), it only qualifies it by saying if you voluntarily acquire a second citizenship, YOU CANT BE GOVERNOR!


Again, if you can acquire that foreign citizenship “without swearing allegiance” to another country you are also in the clear!

(Citizenship acquired by BIRTH in NOT VOLUNTARY, you have no-say in it, as a baby and YOU DO NOT "SWEAR ANY ALLEGIANCE to acquire it! This is the "koko" we must take very good note of!)

Problem is that in almost ALL CASES of NATURALISATION, you will be required to “declare allegiance” to your new/second country.

I have only tried to clear the air of confusion, l have no interest in Ajumobi, “bleach-bleach” Ex-Governor not Oyo state.

If the letter of the law is applied, to the letter, unfortunately an painfully too, Ajumobi, the people’s choice, is a “gonner”!
My Two Cent!
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manny4life:
Hmmmm, THE REAL QUESTION HERE IS; DOES NIGERIA RECOGNIZE DUAL CITIZENSHIP?

This is confusion of the highest order; from my understanding, section 28 of the Nigerian constitution spells it out clearly;


1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person shall forfeit forthwith his Nigerian citizenship if,

a) not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth,
b) he acquires or retains the citizenship or nationality of a country, other than Nigeria, of which he is not a citizen by birth.

In my own term, Section 28(1)(a) uses the exception clause; so one can argue indeed that since he's a Nigerian citizen by birth other than any other country, Section 28(1)(a) doesn't apply to him. Section 28(1)(b) is dependent on (1)(a), which is "only if" he isn't a Nigerian citizen by birth then. Section 28(1)(b) is pretty much explaining if you're not a Nigerian by birth and you're granted Nigerian citizenship and then you accept another citizenship by naturalization other than by birth, then you forfeit the Nigerian citizenship.

According to Section 28(1), he met the criteria to run for office.


However; I like to note that he DID voluntarily give up his Nigerian Citizenship (renounced his allegiance to a foreign country (Nigeria)); although he owes allegiance to another country, his lawyers can argue convinceily  on the DUAL citizenship concept, and home rights; being that Nigeria is his home country, Nigeria's call of duty takes precedence over "other country of citizenship". What I don't know is if you're were born, do you assume your oath of allegiance or not ?


This is so complicated; I hope he comes out of it and he should be very careful because the U.S. embassy will have an eye on him to know if he denies his country U.S.

edicolove:
Maybe Bukola could have been nailed by the same rule. Maybe his opponents never knew they could use it. It just might have nailed him.

edicolove:
He is supposed to renounce the American citizenship

chino11:
^^^^^^^ I think this guy is mentally debased. Why are you jubilating over a white elephant project that will never be completed nor operational in the next 500yrs, why rejoice over a project that will not affect the deepest level of poverty ravaging the entire southwest I think you guys, I mean rascal are in for a misplaced priority. An average yorobaman lives in a mud house somewhere in abokuta, somewhere in eketi kete with malnurished food. I think your rascal leaders are merely deceiving you guys, they know that such projects will never ever be viable without an Igboman's input. Already Igbos are heading east to use Onitsha port which most viable. Its a total illusion for you guys because yorobamen does not know anything about import/export. Your rascal rulers should focus attention on cassava and cocoa plantation. period.

Nekai:
Nigeria- Goodluck was not attacked in Uganda
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/754627
http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/general/94748-video-attack-on-jonathan-in-uganda.html

Uganda's NTV details how Goodluck Jonathan was attacked by pro-democracy protesters in Uganda. Jonathan's spokesman, Ima Niboro, had said that no attack took place on Jonathan, claiming, "There was no attack. We only passed by opposition elements, whose leader returned to Uganda today (yesterday), during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport" .

tankwa:
brothers
this is betrayal. We gave him the SE mandate but he failed us. We rigged the election for him but his hands are tied. Left alone he will compasate us but the forces on him are too much.They know we have good potentials that is why they did not allow us to leave them when we decleared our own sovereign state.
They cannot do without us otherwise allow us to go.