New Social Media Storm As Keyamo Finally Opens Up On Tinubu’s Certificate Saga

After days of monitoring the debate on the contentions over the University of Chicago certificate of President Bola Tinubu from the sidelines, Festus Keyamo has finally taken the gauntlet and dared his critics by backing the president with his full chest.

GWG.ng reports that the former civil rights activist who had in his earlier days taken a position on the issue had been called out following the deposition hearing in Chicago to take a stand.

Keyamo who is serving in the Tinubu government as minister of aviation finally replied his critics describing the contentions against the president as moronic.

In a comment on his X handle, he said:

When some comments or perception of otherwise plain and simple issues are so moronic, mischievous or downright odious, they really do not deserve a response because you’d be dignifying idiocy. But let me drop this here for posterity:

I have been a defence and prosecution lawyer at the highest level in criminal trials for more than 30 years. YOU CANNOT ALLEGE OR PROVE FORGERY EXCEPT THE PURPORTED MAKER OF THE DOCUMENT DENIES ITS AUTHENTICITY OR THERE IS UNCONTRADICTED EVIDENCE OF A FORENSIC REPORT THAT CATEGORICALLY SAYS THE DOCUMENT WAS DELIBERATELY ALTERED OR CONCOCTED BY THE PERSON WHO UTTERED (in a legal sense) OR ISSUED IT.

Applying this principle to the case of Atiku Abubakar V Chicago State University, so long as the University openly said THEY DO NOT ISSUE REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES, BUT THAT VENDORS DO SO ON THEIR BEHALF, all these noise about so-called forgery are useless until THE PARTICULAR VENDOR THAT ISSUED the replacement certificate to

@officialABAT denies its authenticity.  And it is the duty of the accuser to fish out the said vendor and get that evidence. It is not the other way round. He who alleges must prove.

This is the simple principle I laid down in 2019 during our defence of President Buhari that has been so mischievously celebrated as if they have hit the bull’s eye. Unfortunately for them, @officialABAT is as clean and white as snow on this issue and we are again waiting for them at the Supreme Court.

As for ATIKU Abubakar (the famed SPV king and the one who disgraced Nigeria internationally with the money-laundering case involving Congressman William Jefferson), we acknowledge the valedictory speech he delivered a few days ago signifying his retirement from politics and we wish him godspeed in that retirement.

Not surprisingly, Keyamo’s intervention was followed by sharp reactions supportive and against his stance.

GWG.ng gathered some of the reactions to the comment by Keyamo on the Tinubu certificate saga.

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