President Bola Tinubu has addressed the discrepancies on his academic certificate issued by Chicago State University, attributing the inconsistencies to a clerical error.
The President stated this in response to an ongoing lawsuit filed by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, who is seeking the disclosure of Tinubu’s academic records from the university.
Atiku Abubakar and his counsel had alleged that President Tinubu’s university certificate was forged and presented evidence pointing to discrepancies in the dates, logos, and signatures on two certificates purportedly issued by the Chicago State University (CSU) in the United States.
He requested that the university release information related to President Tinubu’s academic records, arguing that this information could be relevant to the election petition proceedings.
A US court had given Tinubu up till August 23,2023, to make a formal filing on why his records should not be released to the former Vice President.
However, President Tinubu’s legal representatives, Oluwole Afolabi and Christopher Carmichael, countered these claims, stating that based on their findings an unidentified clerk at Chicago State University made an error when recording the date, creating the appearance of differences in the certificates.
A reply dated August 23 and filed by his lawyers read in part, “Chicago State University then purportedly provided documents in response. Those documents have apparently been utilised by the public interest litigator and bloggers to attack President Tinubu’s character.
“Unfortunately, in responding to the illegal and invalid subpoena, CSU made several errors. CSU issued a new diploma for Bola A. Tinubu, but incorrectly wrote the date of graduation as June 27, 1979.
“The correct date was June 22, 1979, but that scrivener’s error – along with a change in the CSU logo, the font on the diploma, and leadership at CSU who signed the diploma created the appearance of differences between an earlier issued diploma and the one issued in response to the 2022 subpoena.
“CSU confirmed that Bola A. Tinubu attended and graduated from Chicago State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.”
They also argued that the information sought by Atiku Abubakar was not relevant to the ongoing presidential election petition proceedings and should not be granted by the Court.
Meanwhile, Chicago State University (CSU) has stated that it will reveal the President’s academic records if the United States Court grants the application.
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