The Chicago State University ( CSU) documents released on Monday on President Bola Tinubu’s academic records have proven that the certificate Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was fake.
Phrank Shaibu , Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communications, who stated this in a statement on Tuesday, also stated that “today’s deposition at 10am Chicago time (4 pm Nigeria time) will further nail Tinubu and expose his buckets of lies”
Shaibu said in a statement that whether Tinubu attended CSU or not was not the only reason for the discovery petition but to prove that the certificate he submitted to the electoral commission was a forgery.
He said, “The samples of redacted certificates handed to us by CSU show that the one submitted to INEC by Tinubu was indeed a forgery, and this will be made known during the deposition, which will be done under oath this afternoon.”
Recall that the University results were made available late Monday.
Atiku’s aide added that the documents released also show that the process of Tinubu’s admission into CSU was equally fraudulent.
“The transcript from Southwest College (now Richard Daley College), which Tinubu used to gain admission into CSU, clearly states that Tinubu was a female. So, how did he transform into a man at a time when gender-altering surgeries did not exist?
“The social security number and the dates on the transcript even show that there is more than meets the eye.”
Shaibu said Tinubu declared in his admission documents that he attended Government College, Lagos, and presented a 1970 GCE A-level result with grades E in Chemistry and Biology and an F in Physics.
He added, “This is a new revelation given that he had claimed to have attended Government College, Ibadan, until some students of the school denied knowing him. But even more worrisome is the fact that Government College, Lagos, was established in 1974. So, did he attend the school in anticipation before it was founded in 1974? He must indeed be a miracle worker.
“What makes the entire incident laughable is that Festus Keyamo, one of Tinubu’s servile lackeys, claimed on live television during the electioneering that Tinubu never attended school but was rather homeschooled.
“Tinubu has also been claiming that he was born on March 29, 1952, and even celebrated his 70th birthday last year and held a colloquium in his honour. But the date of birth listed on his CSU transcript states that he was born on March 29, 1954.
“So, not only does Tinubu have two genders, but he also has two dates of birth. This man must be a celestial being or probably fell from planet Jupiter.”
Shaibu said the release of the documents had vindicated the late legal juggernaut, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), who first exposed the certificate scandal 21 years ago.
Atiku’s aide added, “Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s dream is coming to reality after 22 years. He first drew the world’s attention to the fraudulent activities of Bola Tinubu. However, some of Gani’s so-called disciples have compromised after being offered a bowl of porridge.
“Festus Keyamo, who sued the Lagos State House of Assembly for clearing Tinubu of certificate forgery, is now defending Tinubu. When will such hypocrisy end?”
Menu It’s official, Chicago State University says Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu presented forged certificate to INEC The repudiation of Mr Tinubu’s certificate — the only academic qualification he presented.
Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu presented a forged degree certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) when he filed his paperwork to lead Nigeria in June 2022, Peoples Gazette can report based on the testimony of the institution he arrogated, introducing a new but potentially fatal front in the ongoing battle to oust the Nigerian leader for his documented misdeeds from years gone.
The official repudiation of Mr Tinubu’s certificate — the only academic qualification he presented to the electoral office — came at a deposition of school officials on Tuesday in Chicago.
An expanded transcript of the session is still being processed, but The Gazette has learnt about what has perhaps been the most crucial expectation of Nigerians: How the school would characterise Mr Tinubu’s certificate under oath and penalty of perjury.
Caleb Westberg, the registrar at Chicago State University, said Mr Tinubu’s certificate, dated June 22, 1979, and tendered to INEC on June 17, 2022, was not issued by the school and its administrators could, therefore, not be able to authenticate its source, The Gazette learnt.
Mr Westberg, CSU’s registrar since November 2020, also said, during the deposition that lasted about 5.5 hours, that Mr Tinubu did not apply for a replacement certificate, nor was he ever issued one.
The categorical statement capped a successful outcome for the monthslong legal strategy of Atiku Abubakar, Mr Tinubu’s main opponent, who approached the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago to ascertain the authenticity or otherwise of the document.
Federal district judge Nancy Maldonado granted a final order for CSU administrators to turn over all documents relating to Mr Tinubu to the school and also sit down for deposition by an adversarial team of lawyers deployed by Mr Abubakar.
Mr Tinubu, sensing the intractable consequences of the proceeding, vigorously fought to thwart its successful outcome, with his lawyers warning the judge in a September 21 hearing that releasing the documents with deposition would inevitably inflict severe, irreparable harm against the Nigerian president.
The school had long insisted that Mr Tinubu was its student, entering in 1977 and graduating in 1979, but its inability to authenticate the certificate the Nigerian president submitted would ripple through Nigeria’s over 200 million population for the foreseeable future. Previously in 1999, Mr Tinubu had lied under oath when he ran for governor of Lagos, claiming he obtained a degree from the prestigious University of Chicago.
However, he managed to escape being held accountable for the breach because he had been elected before it was discovered, and he did not submit a certificate backing his claim, only an affidavit that was later found to be fiction, and the Nigerian Supreme Court said he could not be charged with crimes as a serving governor.
He subsequently stopped claiming attendance at the University of Chicago, holding on instead to a claim that he attended Chicago State University, one of Illinois State University campuses traditionally popular among black people. A spokesman for the president was not immediately available for reaction to the development on Tuesday night. But the president’s allies have suggested publicly that the evidence was inconsequential and propagated the Supreme Court’s readiness to throw it out.
