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NEW details emerge in alleged Chidimma Adetshina identity theft

Swift progress is being made in the alleged Chidimma Adetshina identity theft case. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has reason to believe that three officials (two living, one deceased) are culpable in the alleged Chidimma Adetshina identity theft case, reports The Citizen.

Since the department has looked into its archival records and hospital visits, it says there are, “Prima facie reasons to believe that fraud and identity theft may have been committed by Adetshina’s mother.” The term prima facie means, “Based on the first impressions and accepted as correct until proven otherwise.”

CHIDIMMA ADETSHINA IDENTITY THEFT

If her mother’s ID was granted fraudulently, this will render her daughter’s citizenship illegal. Image: File

The alleged Chidimma Adetshina identity theft case has been making headlines around the world. And the way it’s been handled has even prompted reputation management experts to question underlying xenophobia in South Africa. Moreover, it’s once again shed a spotlight on the manipulation of South Africa’s citizenship and permanent residency processes. The former Miss South Africa contestant is now participating in and leading the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant due, in part, to the publicity the incident has amassed worldwide.

However, many have taken to social media, showing sympathy for the young woman, “Caught in the middle of a storm she did not create.” Nevertheless, local authorities are moving quickly to produce a win for South Africa to expose the alleged Chidimma Adetshina identity theft. They suspect Adetshina’s mother may have unlawfully assumed the identity of a Tshwane woman born in 1982. Following this, the birth of a Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was registered in 2001, reports IOL.

NO VICTIMLESS CRIME

The woman whose identity was alleged stolen could not register her own daughter legally when she was born. Image: File

Advocate Constance Moitse, the head of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation’s (the Hawks’) counter-corruption unit, said: “An innocent South African mother whose identity may have been stolen as part of alleged fraud committed by Adetshina’s mother did suffer as a result. She was not able to register her own child at birth.”

The mother whose identity appears to have been stolen, applied for an ID document in 1995 in Tshwane. The first red flag came when she went to collect it. She was told by officials that it was ready for collection in Johannesburg. Six-years later, when the same woman give birth to a child, she was informed that a child had already been registered under her name/ID number. That child was Adetshina. For months she tried to rectify the situation. The department eventually issued her a new ID number, allowing her to finally register her child’s birth certificate.

WHAT’S NEXT IN THE CASE?

Expect the case to move quickly for here. Image: File

Home Affairs says it has visited the mother whose ID was stolen in Tshwane. The department has issued Adetshina’s real mother with a Promotion of Administrative Justice Act letter. And her response to this letter will determine the final decision that the department takes. Currently, per her mother’s allegedly fraudulent ID, Chidimma Adetshina is South African. However, because her mother’s status is in question, if her ID document were to be cancelled, it will mean Adetshina’s citizenship is fraudulent.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ALLEGED IDENTITY FRAUD?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Image: File

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