CSU: Atiku’s Aide Accuses Tinubu’s Men of Using Forgery To Cover Forgery

CSU: Atiku’s Aide Accuses Tinubu’s Men of Using Forgery To Cover Forgery

  • More allegations have begun to heap on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's camp in the ongoing legal battle over his certificate from the Chicago State University (CSU)
  • Paul Ibe, a media aide of Atiku Abubakar, accused President Tinubu's men of twisting the narrative of the whole CSU saga
  • President Tinubu is expected to go head-to-head with Atiku in the final round of legal battle between the two political titans

FCT, Abuja - Paul Ibe, the media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has faulted a "corrupted interpretation of the facts in the disposition" released by the Chicago State University (CSU) against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Ibe, in a statement released on Sunday, October 8, titled "Tinubu’s house of forgeries", alleged that anyone who has taken time to do a thorough reading of the deposition will come to the unambiguous conclusion that the footprints of Tinubu’s odyssey as far as the CSU documents are concerned is filled with profound forgeries and abuse of administrative due process.

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President Tinubu has been battling a series of legal issues in court since he was sworn in on Monday, May 29. Photo Credit: Atiku Abubakar/Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The statement said:

"Since Tuesday last week, when the deposition regarding President Bola Tinubu’s educational qualifications came to the fore in the United States, there have been several attempts to twist the facts of the matter, which deliberately aim to confuse the mind of the public concerning the matter.
"Some media aides to the president have come out openly to ‘push back on the narrative’, while some media houses, especially one, have persistently slanted their story to justify a corrupted interpretation of the facts in the disposition."

Ibe maintained that President Tinubu had falsified his academic credentials submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and swore an affidavit under oath to back up his alleged forgery in the build-up to the election.

He stated that on page 26 of the deposition, the Registrar of the Chicago State University, Caleb Westberg, under oath, was asked a simple question saying that:

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“CSU has determined that it does not have a true and correct copy of the diploma issued to Bola Tinubu is 1979, correct?
“To which the Registrar responded, “that’s correct.”

Also, Ibe said on page 27, a similar question was put to Mr. Westberg: “So, CSU, after going through every diploma, was unable to find an authentic copy of any diploma that CSU issued to Tinubu in 1979. Is that correct?”

The CSU Registrar, in his response, said:

“We did not find any diploma issued by CSU in 1979 to Mr. Tinubu.”

And coming straight to the specific issue of whether the CSU is aware of or in possession of the diploma that Tinubu submitted to INEC, to which Mr. Westberg said:

“Correct, we are not aware of it.”

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Ibe alleged that President Tinubu’s supporters and spin doctors would want to force the narrative of, at least, “Tinubu graduated from the CSU down our throat, even when the narrative has no foothold in logic.

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Ibe said long before last week's CSU discovery, Tinubu had a history of forgery and perjury.

He said:

"In his form CF001 he filed ahead of his governorship election in 1999, Tinubu had claimed albeit fraudulently that he attended St John's Primary School Aroloya, Government College Ibadan and Chicago University as different from Chicago State University.
"The late lawyer and human rights icon Gani Fawehinmi would have succeeded in bursting him, but for the immunity he enjoyed as Governor of Lagos State."

Tinubu’s govt to gag media ahead of release of FBI files - Atiku alleges

Meanwhile, the ongoing certificate controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu is getting messier, like a rocky cliff.

Another allegation has been issued by the camp of Atiku Abubakar that President Tinubu's administration is plotting to gag the media.

This is on the heels of the threats issued by the Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction a popular TV station.

Source: Legit.ng

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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.