‘Behind every headline is a real person,’ says lawyer defending Chidimma Adetshina
A TikTok user raised questions about the firm’s history with Adetshina’s case, noting that De Saude Darbandi had published an article in November 2024 outlining a possible legal route through which she could reclaim her revoked citizenship, and had since gone on to represent her mother as well.
Case background According to News24, the Department of Home Affairs has told the Cape Town Regional Court that Adetshina’s 2024 trip to Nigeria for the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant demonstrated she had another country to return to, an argument she disputes by maintaining she has no ties to Nigeria.
Adetshina’s lawyer says fairness is the point Saude-Darbandi argues that her firm’s role was never to win favour but to ensure consistent application of the law.
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