Viral interview with Chidimma’s father sends internet into a frenzy

by Zintle Mdaka

With the public debate around Chidimma Onwe Adetshina’s citizenship discussed on social media, online users had more questions than answers after a recent interview conducted on The Ben Stesh Show, hosted by Ben Dlamini surfaced online.

After it was revealed that Chidimma was born in South Africa to a Nigerian father and a South African mother with Mozambican roots, most South Africans questioned how she was allowed to enter the pageant.

Speaking on the podcast, Chidimma’s father said that he met his wife in the UK and visited South Africa with a visitor’s visa before they had children, to watch the 2010 World Cup.

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X (formerly Twitter) users took the app to weigh in on the interview.

One user asked, how is it that Chidimma is 23-years-old but her father said he met her mother in 2010:

Another user found the interview interesting.

Meanwhile, DJ Sbu shared his views on the Chidimma controversy.

In an interview with TimesLIVE, he said the energy spent on the petition to ban Chidimma from participating in the pageant could have been spent on positive projects.

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