By Ayo Yusuf
Three weeks before the determination of the suits challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 Presidential election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) together with their presidential candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi and Princess Chichi Ojei, Mr Abubakar has again called to question Mr. Tinubu’s claim to a degree when he had no primary and secondary education.
Mr. Atiku raised the query via his X (formerly Twitter) verified account on Sunday.
According to the former Vice President, in 1999, Tinubu claimed to have attended St. John’s Primary School in Aroloya, Lagos State before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
He said as for secondary education Mr Tinubu said he was at the Government College Ibadan and the Richard Daley College after which he proceeded to Chicago State University in the United States.
Alhaji Atiku said however that after the president‘s claims for attending these basic schools were debunked, in 2023 Mr. Tinubu settled for attending only the University of Chicago and threw out his claims for primary and secondary school education.
According to Mr Atiku, “I woke up this morning wondering how we got to this cul de sac. In 1999, Tinubu claimed he attended St. John’s Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan.
“According to him, his next port of call in his educational journey was Government College Ibadan and, Richard Daley College and Chicago State University in the United States.
“Curiously, in 2023, Tinubu settled with attending only Chicago State University in the United States,” he tweeted.
Atiku then urged well-meaning Nigerians to query Tinubu’s declaration of no primary and secondary education yet he has a university degree.
“I am scratching my head. How is that possible? Methinks that all well-meaning Nigerians should be as confused as I am with Tinubu’s declaration that he had no primary and secondary education, yet he has a university degree.
“You may wish to #AskTinubu how he attained this feat so that we can learn from his ingenuity.”
Atiku had recently filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Tinubu in the United States.
This is different from the suit requesting the academic records of Tinubu which read that he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Chicago State University.
