The South African Government is set to strip Miss Chidinma adetshina, the controversial beauty queen of her citizenship and travel documents.

This decision comes after an investigation by the Department of Home Affairs, South Africa which questioned her eligibility to compete in the Miss South Africa pageant due to her mother’s Mozambican roots and Nigerian father.

Chidinma, who is currently a law student in Soweto, withdrew from the Miss South Africa Pageant due to controversies surrounding alleged identity theft which her mother committed to obtain South African Citizenship

Chidinma accepted an invitation to compete in the Miss Universe Nigeria contest in August which she also won. She is currently in Mexico representing Nigeria at the Miss World competition.

Chidimma Adetshina, the beauty queen who made headlines for her nationality controversy, is to be stripped of her South African identity and travel documents.

This decision comes after an investigation by the Department of Home Affairs, which questioned her eligibility to compete in the Miss South Africa pageant due to her mother’s Mozambican roots and Nigerian father.

Adetshina, a law student born in Soweto, South Africa, withdrew from the competition in August amid allegations that her mother may have committed “identity theft” to obtain South African nationality.

In a recent announcement to a parliamentary committee, Tommy Makhode, the top civil servant at the Department of Home Affairs, confirmed that Adetshina’s documents would be revoked due to her and her mother’s failure to provide reasons for eligibility by the deadline.

According to the Nation newspaper, The case has been referred to the Hawks, a special police unit investigating serious crimes, which has concluded that it was a “case of fraud.”

Makhode noted that prosecutors are reviewing the matter and further decisions will be made from them.