Tinubu not a Guinean citizen, merely awarded diplomatic passport as a respected African figure – govt

BY ALBUS DAUDA

20 APRIL 2023



Sources within the Guinean government have dismissed claims that Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, is a citizen of the country following unverified reports making the rounds about his alleged ties to the country after the release of a bio-data page of what appeared to be a Guinean passport belonging to him.

Several disreputable Nigerian bloggers, one of whom was recently suspended by Twitter for violating its content rules and for his involvement in multiple disinformation campaigns targeted at high-placed individuals, had manufactured controversy over the issue, claiming that Tinubu’s purported dual citizenship amount to a violation of Nigeria’s constitution and should prevent his swearing-in.

Sources within the Guinean government have dismissed claims that Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, is a citizen of the country following unverified reports making the rounds about his alleged ties to the country after the release of a bio-data page of what appeared to be a Guinean passport belonging to him.

Several disreputable Nigerian bloggers, one of whom was recently suspended by Twitter for violating its content rules and for his involvement in multiple disinformation campaigns targeted at high-placed individuals, had manufactured controversy over the issue, claiming that Tinubu’s purported dual citizenship amount to a violation of Nigeria’s constitution and should prevent his swearing-in.

“Mr. Bola Tinubu, who is now Nigeria’s President-Elect, is a political figure famous across the continent for his pro-democracy activism and general administrative brilliance. He was issued a diplomatic passport by President Alpha Conde for the same reason and that does not translate to him being a citizen of the country.”

His claim was corroborated by journalists working in the African bureaus of global media outlets, some of whom expressed worry over the tendency of politically-motivated actors, including those who parade themselves as journalists, to mislead the public using incomplete information and through sensational interpretations.

“The diplomatic passport is not even a hidden fact. It never formed part of the news cycle because it is largely irrelevant as a diplomatic gesture from a president to an influential African political figure. We see a semblance of this even in the West. It is sad that poorly-trained individuals are abusing the absence of gatekeeping in the new media to set the public on a wild goose chase with sensational and inaccurate reporting,” she said.

Several disreputable Nigerian bloggers, one of whom was recently suspended by Twitter for violating its content rules and for his involvement in multiple disinformation campaigns targeted at high-placed individuals, had manufactured controversy over the issue, claiming that Tinubu’s purported dual citizenship amount to a violation of Nigeria’s constitution and should prevent his swearing-in.

DaddyJapan:


Source: https://podiumreporters.com/index.php/2023/04/20/tinubu-not-a-guinean-citizen-merely-awarded-diplomatic-passport-as-a-respected-african-figure-govt/

NothingDoMe:
You awarded him a diplomatic passport? This must be a joke.

Diplomatic passports issued to foreigners to be annulled



The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will move to annul diplomatic passports issued to those not born in Cambodia.

Analysts say the move may be in relation to reports that former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra used a Cambodian passport to register as a company director in Hong Kong.

The government last week released a letter of instruction on the provision of diplomatic passports to foreigners appointed as advisers and assistants to the political elite and government institutions.

DaddyJapan:


This happens more often than most of you think.
Now I think it is ethically wrong to travel under the radar as some PEPs like Tinubu do, but I have seen nothing over the past few days that convinces me he has Guinean citizenship.



Read more: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/diplomatic-passports-issued-foreigners-be-annulled

DaddyJapan:


Source: https://podiumreporters.com/index.php/2023/04/20/tinubu-not-a-guinean-citizen-merely-awarded-diplomatic-passport-as-a-respected-african-figure-govt/

biaframaster200:
Tinubu don escape this also.....


Tinubu head strong no be small....

Jagaban the headache of all Nzogbu people....you can't imagine height of wickedness that will be going in the heart of an average ndigbo person concerning Tinubu....some may even dey say make he sleep and not wake up.....

Tinubu pass all the fake pastor working for Obi the pandora box

Next......

Penguin2:
As reported by “Podium Reporters”, one of Tinubu’s propaganda blogs.

So Tinubu was awarded diplomatic passport as what?

SpatialKing:
As a diplomat?
Based on?

DaddyJapan:
BATists go on the counter-attack .

mytime24:
base on drug dealing, to move around without search @d airport

Difrent:


Mr. Bola Tinubu, who is now Nigeria’s President-Elect, is a political figure famous across the continent for his pro-democracy activism and general administrative brilliance.

Penguin2:
As reported by “Podium Reporters”, one of Tinubu’s propaganda blogs.

So Tinubu was awarded diplomatic passport as what?

As Guinean Ambassador?

Or as Guinean spy to Nigeria?

Or as a Govt official of Guinea?

One thing I like is that Tinubu camp are finally owning up to the authenticity of the passport contrary to what their Nairaland resident workers were blabbing when the document first circulated.

Now they have accepted that the passport is real and indeed a diplomatic passport just like they finally accepted that Tinubu forfeited money in America due to drug trafficking after they told all kinds of lies about the case.

Degi Eremienyo, David Lyon’s running mate in the last Bayelsa gubernatorial election, no do reach like this before the court sacked him.

Tinubu will be sacked before May 29th.

Penguin2:
As reported by “Podium Reporters”, one of Tinubu’s propaganda blogs.

So Tinubu was awarded diplomatic passport as what?

As Guinean Ambassador?

Or as Guinean spy to Nigeria?

Or as a Govt official of Guinea?

One thing I like is that Tinubu camp are finally owning up to the authenticity of the passport contrary to what their Nairaland resident workers were blabbing when the document first circulated.

Now they have accepted that the passport is real and indeed a diplomatic passport just like they finally accepted that Tinubu forfeited money in America due to drug trafficking after they told all kinds of lies about the case.

Degi Eremienyo, David Lyon’s running mate in the last Bayelsa gubernatorial election, no do reach like this before the court sacked him.

Tinubu will be sacked before May 29th.