HILLARY ESSIEN


The Chicago State University has said it is unable to provide clarity on the primary and secondary schools attended by Bola Tinubu, a presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Lauren Finch, a spokeswoman for Chicago State University, said Mr Tinubu’s academic records are covered by American privacy regulations.

“We have checked with our legal department and we cannot give you more than the information we have already provided,” Ms Finch told Peoples Gazette on Tuesday morning. “Mr Tinubu attended our school and graduated on June 22, 1979. We can only say when he came in and when he graduated.”

The Chicago State University had confirmed Mr Tinubu as its student, graduating with a degree in business and administration on June 22, 1979.

The university responded to emails by The Gazette amid the uncertainty about the former Lagos state governor’s educational past.

Last week, Mr Tinubu disclosed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he did not attend primary and secondary schools.

The disclosure was made via an affidavit submitted by Mr Tinubu to the electoral body as part of his eligibility filings for the 2023 presidential elections.

The documents reported by The Gazette revealed two blank spaces when asked what establishments provided Mr Tinubu with his primary and secondary education. However, Mr Tinubu noted his degree in business and administration in 1979 received from the Chicago State University.

The former Lagos governor claimed he was on self-exile from October 1994 to October 1998 and that his credentials had been stolen from his home before he returned.

“When I returned I discovered that all my property, including all the documents relating to my qualifications and my certificates in respect of paragraph three above, were looted by unknown persons,” said Mr Tinubu.

The current claims made by the APC chieftain are at odds with previous declarations made by him. In 1999 and 2003, when Mr Tinubu ran for office as a governorship candidate in Lagos, he claimed both times that he attended primary and secondary schools.

He said he attended St Paul Children’s Home School, Ibadan, between 1958 to 1964; while his secondary education was at Government College, Ibadan, between 1965 to 1968. From Ibadan, Mr Tinubu said he went to Richard Daley College, Chicago, from 1969 to 1971.

“We have checked with our legal department and we cannot give you more than the information we have already provided,” Ms Finch told Peoples Gazette on Tuesday morning. “Mr Tinubu attended our school and graduated on June 22, 1979. We can only say when he came in and when he graduated.”

VeryWickedMan:
The law only protects American citizens ma

seunmsg:

“We have checked with our legal department and we cannot give you more than the information we have already provided,” Ms Finch told Peoples Gazette on Tuesday morning. “Mr Tinubu attended our school and graduated on June 22, 1979. We can only say when he came in and when he graduated.”

seunmsg:


Go to Chicago and sue the University.

PaChukwudi44:

Bros did Tinubu commit perjury? Did he attend the primary and secondary schools he declared under oath in 1999? That is the bone of contention not Chicago certificate

PaChukwudi44:

Bros did Tinubu commit perjury? Did he attend the primary and secondary schools he declared under oath in 1999? That is the bone of contention not Chicago certificate

seunmsg:


The certificate is no longer a bone of contention but perjury.

Parachoko:
Go to court with your evidence

PaChukwudi44:

People have already gone to court.When the proceedings start we will just be observing.

The Tinubu campaign organization has already admitted he committed perjury so evidence is not an issue

PaChukwudi44:

It has always been perjury

Jostoman:
This man is just trying to suppress the trending of Peter Obi with his certificate nonsense, you can see that Peter Obi news is gradually going down so you people should stop giving him attention and allow his political opponent to do needful when the time comes.

seunmsg:


Tinubu’s university certificate is no longer the bone of contention but perjury. Great. At least, we are making progress. We’ve all agreed now that he went to university and graduated. So, the issue of educational qualification for the office of the president is settled.

Now to your perjury claim, I want to believe you’re well aware that perjury is a criminal offense and as such, it is only a court of competent jurisdiction that can make such a pronouncement and not social media jurist and obituarist.

In case you have forgotten, a certain Dr. Dominic Adegbola sued Tinubu in 2013 for this same forgery and perjury you’re talking about and the court promptly dismissed the case. This is the link from 2013: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/alleged-certificate-forgery-court-dismisses-suit-against-tinubu/amp/
If you want to try your luck again, you are free to approach the court. You will lose just like those that tried before you.

IamWonderful:
That means all the IPOB miscreants and cannibals barking on social media are just making senseless noise.
Two billion igbos cannot stop Tinubu presidency, your blackmail will utterly fail