Tinubu Attended Chicago State University But Forged His Results, Says Kperogi

A Professor of Journalism and Newspaper columnist, Farooq Kperogi, has said that President Bola Tinubu did attend the Chicago State University (CSU) but presented forged results to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Kperogi made this claim in an interview on Arise News on Wednesday, following the release of Tinubu’s academic records by CSU.

The records were requested by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Supreme Court.

The university, on Monday, presented to Atiku’s legal team, a cache of documents connected to Tinubu’s education at the institution and copies of certificates with redacted names issued to other persons about the same time the Nigerian president finished from the school in 1979.

It also contained Tinubu’s admission records, and a letter dated 27 June 2022 confirming that he attended the university from August 1977 and June 1979 majoring in accounting. The letter said Mr Tinubu was awarded Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with Honours on 22 June 1979.

However, Kperogi said that the results Tinubu submitted to INEC were different from the ones issued by CSU.

He said that Tinubu forged the results not out of pretence but out of carelessness.

He said: “It has been established that Tinubu attended and graduated from Chicago State University, however, he forged the results he submitted to INEC. If this evidence is accepted by the Supreme Court they must debate on this ‘unconventional forgery’ either by the spirit or letter of the law. I postulate that Tinubu’s certificate forgery was not based on pretence but on carelessness.”

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