Chicago Certificate: "Why I Snub Governors Tinubu Sent to Beg Me", Atiku Reveals

Chicago Certificate: "Why I Snub Governors Tinubu Sent to Beg Me", Atiku Reveals

  • Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has disclosed that some governors were sent to him to beg him so that he can drop his case against President Bola Tinubu
  • When asked if he was under pressure from the presidency to drop the case, Atiku said some governors were then to him after the election to pacify him, but he did not give the audience
  • Atiku then disclosed that he was not afraid of losing his business interest in the case, while recalling how he lost his Intels licence under former President Muhammadu Buhari

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FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu sent some governors to beg him to drop the pursuit of his academic records at the Chicago State University.

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At a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, October 5, Atiku made the disclosure while responding to questions on the claim that some persons were sent from the presidential villa to beg him and stop his pursuit of the president's academic records at the Chicago State University.

Atiku Abubakar/Bola Tinubu/APC/PDP/Chicago State University
Atiku reveals some governors came to him to beg for Tinubu Photo Credit: Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Twitter

He was asked if there was pressure from the presidency for him to drop the case. The former vice president said after the election, the president sent a delegation of some governors to reach out to him, but he did not attend to them.

Atiku reveals he did not honour governors who came to beg for Tinubu

The PDP presidential candidate said, "I didn’t even let them come to my house.”

Atiku further noted that he was unafraid of any attack on his business interest while revealing how the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari revoked the licence of his co-owned logistic firm, Intels.

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The former vice president has accused President Tinubu of identity theft. To justify his allegation, he has secured a court injunction in the United States that compelled the President's Alma Mata, the Chicago State University (CSU), to give him Tinubu's academic records.

It is on his access to Tinubu's academic records that the PDP candidate held the press conference and make bold of his allegation against Tinubu.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng