Go To Court, Tinubu Flays Critics Of Educational Records

The head of the Legal Directorate of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Babatunde Ogala, SAN, has challenged anyone questioning the veracity of the educational records filed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC to go to court.

Ogala while speaking to Daily Trust On Sunday said the campaign is ready for such even as he described the controversy over Tinubu’s academic qualification as a distraction and blackmail the campaign organisation would not succumb to.

Ogala said Tinubu had fulfilled all the constitutional requirements to contest the February 2023 presidential election.

He challenged those raising issues about his record to point out where he lied on oath.

He said, “Where did he lie on oath? You the media people should not encourage all these idle, silly talks. There is something called the law of defamation in this country. There is criminal and civil defamation.

“Let me say this clearly; our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has filled Form EC9 to INEC on oath and this should be the issue, not these distractions.

“And has he met the constitutional requirements? Yes. Did he meet the requirements of the Electoral Act? Yes. So these, for me, are the issues. Has this matter not been litigated many times since 1999?

“The constitution is clear. It states, ‘Meet the minimum qualification for the presidency’. He didn’t meet that qualification? It (the constitution) states, “Educated up to school certificate level”. Is he (Tinubu) educated up to the school certificate level? Yes.

“If a man has attended a university, that’s far the above school certificate level, he has nothing new to prove.”

Meanwhile, even before a court battle, the issues surrounding Tinubu’s educational records have energized the Nigeiran social media with the issue trending on many platforms.

Femi Aribisala, tweeting from the handle, @femiaribisala, stated, “I wrote in 2014 that Tinubu’s affidavit that he attended Government College, Ibadan (GCI) between 1965 and 1968 was false. I was in GCI from 1962 to1968, and Tinubu was not there. Tinubu now tells the INEC that he did not go to primary or secondary school. This means he committed perjury.”

Another twitter user, @Intel_Avatar wrote:  “The God that made Tinubu to attend Chicago State University, get a first class degree and work in Exxon Mobil without attending primary and secondary schools, do that miracle in my life today.”

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