A civil rights organization. Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, has given the Inspector-General of Police a 48- hour ultimatum within which he should arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for allegedly supplying false academic qualifications to secure the nomination.

The organisation threatened that should the IGP fail to act, court action would be instituted against him for an order of mandamus to compel him to effect the arrest of Tinubu at the end of the ultimatum.

The Legal Adviser of the CRPA and human rights lawyer, Agu Kalu, issued the threat during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday.

But when contacted, the Director (Legal Directorate), Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Babatunde Ogala (SAN), told our correspondent that they were ready to defend against the threats and allegations.

He clarified that the APC presidential candidate has complied fully with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

He said, “There is nothing to respond to them, the Electoral Act is clear. We are waiting, let them go, let them bring the writ, we will defend it. I think we have gone past this stage of some people on social media, for whatever reason in the media, issuing threats.

“If they have anything, let them bring it. As far as we are concerned, our candidate has complied fully with the provisions of the Electoral Act. If they want to go to court, let them go to court. But we must also let them know that we are not unconscious of the laws of defamation in the country. We know the difference between a court process that is privileged and making unfounded allegations in the Newspapers like they are doing now.

But honestly, our candidate is not perturbed, he can’t be bothered by all these threats. If they want to go to court, let them go to court. When they come, we will react appropriately to the court process. What we know, we have complied fully with the provisions of the law and we will not be blackmailed and intimidated.”

Kalu alleged that the former Lagos State governor was not legally qualified to become the next President of Nigeria in 2023 on grounds of supplying false information on oath in his form EC 9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Amongst others, the legal practitioner alleged that in 1999 Bola Tinubu claimed to have attended Saint Paul Aroloya Children Home School, Ibadan between 1958 and 1964 and Government College, Ibadan between 1965 and 1969, only to turn around in 2022 that he never attended any primary or secondary school in his EC9 form.

He said, “We wrote a petition to the IG on June 16, demanding the prosecution of Tinubu for providing false information on oath in his INEC form CF 001 which he submitted in 1999.


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Lalasticlala

...I struggle to understand how young people with sane minds will choose to rally and defend an old man whose past and present is shrouded in corruption and forgery.

Agu Kalu? baby factory criminals,

They should arrest him and feed him agbado, corn, cassava and cocoyam.

Afterall it's demand and consumption

Nice one.....Enough is enough. No more illiterates at the helm of affairs. Only you dey corrupt, only you be illiterate .....make fear God.

What's with our politicians and forgery? That's why our educational system will continue to be a mess. How do you expect leaders that didn't go to school, dropped out or even never attended to take serious the education of the masses. It's pitiable.

Mtcheew!

tomorrow na Sunday, after Sunday na Monday

If it takes Igbos to take back our country, so be it. We left you guys but instead of giving us a credible candidate you guys gave us illiterate and corrupt drug baron.

IamWonderful:
Agu Kalu? baby factory criminals,

I hope another June 12 is not around the corner again it seems this is cyclical

So Tinubu truly don't have certificates and he wants to be president of Nigeria

Nigerians must avoid this time bomb o

Tinubu will be a repeat of Buhari

Mumu.

Jashub:
...I struggle to understand how young people with sane minds will choose to rally and defend an old man whose past and present is shrouded in corruption and forgery.

That'll tell you that their minds are bereft of sanity

To me....d certificate stuff isn't necessary....Buhari is a case study....people should let Tinubu run if he is capable