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South African authorities have intensified efforts to deport former beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina after alleging that she had been living in the country without legal immigration status.

The Department of Home Affairs has asked the Cape Town Regional Court to confirm Adetshina’s detention to facilitate her deportation to her country of origin.

Adetshina, 25, who came into the spotlight after reaching the finals of the 2024 Miss South Africa pageant before withdrawing amid controversy over her citizenship, was arrested earlier this month in the Summer Greens area of Cape Town.

Born in Soweto to a Nigerian father of Igbo descent and a Mozambican mother, Adetshina’s legal status in South Africa has remained the subject of scrutiny. Her parents reportedly met in Johannesburg in the late 1990s and later settled in Pimville.

Following her withdrawal from the Miss South Africa contest, Adetshina went on to represent Nigeria at the Miss Universe pageant, where she was crowned first runner-up, making history as the first Nigerian woman to finish in second place at the global competition.

She appeared before the Cape Town Regional Court on June 9 and was released on warning pending the continuation of the case, which is expected to resume next month.

According to court documents filed by immigration officer Adrian Jackson, the Department of Home Affairs launched fresh deportation proceedings after determining that Adetshina and her minor son were residing in South Africa without lawful immigration status.

Jackson, in an affidavit submitted to the court, said Adetshina was “known to me through a previous investigation” and that officials from the department’s central law enforcement office traced her whereabouts before conducting an immigration status assessment.

“In this affidavit, I shall now motivate reasons for deeming it to be in the interest of justice to detain this person for the purpose of deportation to the country of origin,” the affidavit stated.

The department said officials verified Adetshina’s records through its electronic immigration system and interviewed her to determine her residency status.

According to the affidavit, the checks confirmed that she did not possess any lawful residential status in South Africa.

“After the above ‘status determination’ interview and the DHA residency IT systems checks, it was confirmed that the applicant does not hold any lawful RSA residential status and is thus an illegal foreigner,” the affidavit stated.

Jackson further alleged that Adetshina had remained in the country in contravention of South Africa’s Immigration Act and urged the court to authorise her detention to enable the Department of Home Affairs to carry out deportation proceedings.

The matter is scheduled to return to court next month as authorities continue with the deportation process.

Source: https://dailytrust.com/south-africa-makes-fresh-move-to-deport-chidimma-adetshina2

Deport that biafran back to anambra

Why so adamant, no be till dem kpai her

You can deport her.

We would accept her.

She fine pass all your women.

No problem
Welcome home

And they will on technical grounds. She will be welcomed home as ever. If she's smart, she should start intentionally planing her exit from that country.

Ok. She's taking over their jabs

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

If you are a Nigerian… then you must have quite a sub lQ


It means you don’t have the ability to think out of a big picture and know when to pick your battles

A people are fighting your nationality and don’t care of your Biafra or Yoruba or anything… but you fighting the wrong battle at the wrong time..

Your type must never lead an empire, they will surely find their sorry end

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

Very pathetic comment. Mtcheeew.

In south africa she became ms south africa
goes to Nigeria, becomes ms nigeria
goes to finals, becomes ms africa (second place)

why won't they be angry

I just pity Emptyhen, one day they will just wake up and see their core servers are not coming up, and redundancy isn't helping either... You better go warn your black South African goons.

You desperately need mental health therapy!

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

Omoawoke:
If you are a Nigerian… then you must have quite a sub lQ


It means you don’t have the ability to think out of a big picture and know when to pick your battles

A people are fighting your nationality and don’t care of your Biafra or Yoruba or anything… but you fighting the wrong battle at the wrong time..

Your type must never lead an empire, they will surely find their sorry end

This is why I come to NL

Damn !

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

Olodo uprisen

Zero character!

I hate this people, Chidinma was born and brought up there, why would they want to deport her? hatred will finish these useless people.

How is her father Igbo with a name such as Adetshina which sounds and spells 100% Yoruba ?

adenigga:
Source: https://dailytrust.com/south-africa-makes-fresh-move-to-deport-chidimma-adetshina2

She deserves whatever treatment she gets from them. After the way they rubbished her in SA she still stayed back despite the warmth from Nigeria. She doesn't love herself and she's senseless too.

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

dey there dey curse the faith and future of your daughter , if u no get anything to say u must not comment. Ur pikin fit experience such rejection.

Her dad is from Itsekiri and her mum malawi, so how does she answer chidinma? Anyway she should leave that place, I would have done so a long time ago. BTW nigerian govt needs to place a tariff on all their exports and corporations to our country

This beautiful lady just love embarrassment every sensible person expected her to either stay in nigeria or relocate to a better sane western country after the south african govt and south africans embarrassed her during that miss south africa beauty pagent. With the money she made after winning the miss oceania crown and the recognition she got from the enugu state govt it would have enabled her comfortably settle down in a cool place like enugu or abuja I don't even know what's so special about SA she is finding it so difficult to leave?

Kdon2:
They will go to another man's land dragging indigenous rights with the indigene and still be claiming it like it's their right. Na dem cause all the violence going on in south Africa now.

Such people exist but that's not the reason.

Deep down, the average South African is Xenophobic.

Xenophobic to other Africans.

What the hell's wrong with the babe sef? What hell's she doing in the damned country up till now?😐

Airlord2030:
Deport that biafran back to anambra

Seun your moderators need to do better please

Home sweet home
Anyway I nor blame SA Nigerians self learn to invest in your home bring the money back home
No place like home, but home not good at all
Bandit dey home, eastern security network dey home, anyway a very disgraceful kontree

South africans go later learn the hard way, they have alienated themselves from other black african countries. By the time the whites start with them e go clear for their eyes

If she’s wise she would have left the hate-filled country long ago!

adenigga:
Source: https://dailytrust.com/south-africa-makes-fresh-move-to-deport-chidimma-adetshina2

You’re in a country where they don’t want you, what stops you from leaving the country?

If they kpai you do you think your home country will do anything?

If she is there illegally, how has she been able to fly in and out of the country? What passport or VISA does she have?
With her new found international status, I would have left long ago if I was her.

Ajsmart:
How is her father Igbo with a name such as Adetshina which sounds and spells 100% Yoruba ?

She was married to a Yoruba man in South Africa, so she dropped her maiden name. That is why.