Home Affairs Alleges Adetshina's Mother Committed Fraud
"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" - Home Affairs Department
Home Affairs Alleges Adetshina's Mother Committed Fraud
South Africa – Home Affairs department have unearthed prima facie evidence that Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina's mother may have committed fraud and identity theft.
Home Affairs Comments on Chidinma Adetshina's Citizenship
Below is part of the written statement:
ONGOING HOME AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION FINDS PRIMA FACIE INDICATIONS OF FRAUD COMMITTED BY CHIDIMMA ADETSHINA'S MOTHER
The Department of Home Affairs herewith provides an update on the ongoing investigation into the citizenship of Chidimma Adetshina, a contestant in the upcoming Miss SA event.
The reason for the ongoing nature of the investigation is that its scope has broadened since the original request received from the organisers of Miss SA, based on the information uncovered by Home Affairs investigators thus far
The Department nonetheless provides this public update based on the official request sent by Miss SA and consent provided by both the contestant and her mother.
On Monday August 2024 the orgaisers the event sent a request to the department to investigate the citizenship of a contestant which was accompanied by written consent from both Adetshina and her mother.
Home Affairs Alleges Adetshina's Mother Committed Fraud
Upon receiving this request, the Department deployed every resource at its disposal to establish the truth. This has included archival research, visits to hospitals, and site visits to verity intormation.
From the information we have uncovered thus far, the Department of Home Affairs can indicate that:
● 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,
● Adetshina could not have participated in the alleged unlawtul actions of her mother, as she was an infant at the time when the activities took place 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;
On the implications of the alleged fraudulent activity on Adetshina's citizenship, Home Alfairs intends to press criminal charges against all implicated paries.
