Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- According to reports, the Department of Home Affairs has detained the mother of Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, in Cape Town, South Africa.

The department's spokesperson, Siya Qoza, revealed that their investigators, assisted by the police, swooped in on Anabela Rungo on Saturday morning, February 15, 2025.

"Investigators from the Department of Home Affairs, assisted by the South African Police Service (SAPS), this morning detained Anabela Rungo, the mother of Chidimma Adetshina, at a property in Cape Town,".

"The department withdrew Rungo's South African documentation in September 2024 after finding that it had been fraudulently obtained, rendering her ineligible to continue residing in South Africa.

"I...