BREAKING: Tinubu Speaks on Atiku's Allegation About Discrepancies in His Certificate

• President Bola Tinubu has told the Supreme Court to dismiss the fresh appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP
• In his brief against the appeal, President Tinubu said the forgery allegation against him was cooked by Atiku and the PDP
• The president told the apex court that he was validly elected and validly returned by INEC as the winner of the 2023 presidential election

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has said that the alleged discrepancies in his academic credentials were the handwork of his political opponent, Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25 presidential election.

Tinubu said the Atiku plotted the allegations against him because of his and the PDP's failure to secure credible evidence to justify his claim that he (Tinubu) was not qualified to take part in the 2023 presidential election, The Nation reported.

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In his brief against the appeal of Atiku and the PDP before the Supreme Court, President Tinubu told the apex court to throw out the appeal and uphold the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) as well as the election.

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President Tinubu, in his defence, said he was validly elected after he polled the highest number of votes in the 2023 election.

He added that he was validly returned as the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He noted that, by statistics, he was able to get 25 percent of the total votes in the 29 states of the country.

He said Atiku and the PDP only managed to secure 25 percent of the total votes in 21 states of the federation, “as against the constitutional requirement of 24.7 states, which is the mathematical results of two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation and the FCT (making 37).”

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Tinubu vs Atiku: "It should not take 5 minutes to establish facts", Dele Momodu

Legit.ng earlier reported that Dele Momodu, the spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP flagbearer in the 2023 presidential election, has defended his employer over the certificate saga.

Some Nigerians are asking Atiku to explain the differences between his name on the certificate he presented to INEC, but Momodu said the pictures of his classmates should answer the questions in five minutes.

Atiku and the PDP had earlier alleged that President Bola Tinubu had a forged certificate to INEC despite the Chicago State University swearing to an affidavit that he graduated from the institution and shared his transcript with the public.

Source: Legit.ng