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Nigerians born before 1960 in Nigeria cannot, and will never, be accepted by Britain as British citizens by birth and that was why the colonial passport did not allow Nigerians to enter Britain at will before 1960. Nigerians, as British subjects and not British citizens by birth were not qualified to vote in British parliamentary elections either.
However, not everybody born in Nigeria would be a Nigerian by birth if the parents are of another nationality other than Nigeria. Even if Atiku Abubakar was born in Adamawa but his parents (especially the father) were foreigners, he cannot automatically claim Nigerian citizenship without first applying to become one. About Atiku Abubakar's parental origin, Olusegun Obasanjo wrote thus, "What I did not know, which came out glaringly later, was his (Atiku's) parental background which was somewhat shadowy, …. For instance, until later, when a distinguished chief from Bauchi pointed out to me the value of pedigree, queried Atiku's pedigree and blamed me for making a wrong choice (by making him my Vice President), I did not pay attention to Atiku's parental background (p. 32, Vol. II, MY WATCH, By Olusegun Obasanjo)." Pedigree and shadowy parental background as deployed by Obasanjo while referring to Atiku Abubakar in his book cast doubt on the purity of Atiku as a Nigerian, ancestrally and genealogically. And if that is true we may witness some surprises at the election petition tribunal.S. Kadiri
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Ämne: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Buhari Is Not "A Nigerian Citizen By Birth"Buhari is a "British citizen by birth", because, at the time of his birth, his place of birth was part of British colony.
The Nigerian constitution says that for one to qualify to vie as President of Nigeria, that one must be "Nigerian citizen by birth".
Only persons born on or after 1st October, 1960, can be said to be "Nigerian citizen by birth".
One can however, argue that when Britain transfered sovereignty to Nigeria on 1st October, 1960, the citizenship of those born before the date of transfer of sovereignty was also transfered to Nigeria.
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