Afrigather ActionSA has written to the Division of House Affairs to make clear how former Miss SA finalist Chidimma Adetshina’s mom, the principal topic of an ongoing fraud and corruption investigation, was permitted to go away South Africa and journey to Nigeria.
Adetshina withdrew from the Miss SA pageant out of “worry for her and her household’s security” following a Division of House Affairs probe relating to her standing within the nation. On the weekend, she was topped Miss Universe Nigeria 2024.
CHIDIMMA ADETSHINA’S MOTHER IN HOT WATER?
In August, forward of the Miss SA pageant, the Division of House Affairs stated there’s prima facie indications that the particular person registered as Adetshina’s mom might have dedicated fraud and id theft. In consequence, a South African girl whose id might have been stolen couldn’t register her little one.
“Adetshina couldn’t have participated within the alleged illegal actions of her mom as she was an toddler on the time when the actions befell in 2001,” the division clarified.
ActionSA chief whip Lerato Ngobeni stated that, as indicated earlier than the Portfolio Committee on House Affairs on 20 August, the division said that its investigation into fraud and id theft is at a sophisticated stage and contains involvement by the Directorate for Precedence Crime Investigation (Hawks).
Ngobeni stated it’s alarming that the principle topic of this ongoing investigation was seen in Nigeria this previous weekend throughout a televised broadcast of Miss Universe Nigeria.
“Given the character of the investigation, which entails circumventing immigration controls, it’s cheap to anticipate that any journey could be restricted, particularly to Nigeria,” she stated.
VISA FRAUD
Additional, Ngobeni additionally raised issues concerning the excessive variety of fraudulent visa functions.
Within the June 2022 report by the Ministerial Committee on the Issuance of Permits and Visas, of the 36 647 fraudulent functions detected, 12 177, or one-third, originated from Nigerians, underscoring the dimensions of the issue.
Ngobeni stated ActionSA believes these alarming figures spotlight widespread efforts to undermine South Africa’s immigration regime and sovereignty and, due to this fact, calls for that the federal government not take a lax method to imposing our legal guidelines, particularly when fraud is uncovered, as within the case of Chidimma Adetshina’s mom.
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