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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his academic certificates were stolen by unknown persons while he was on self exile.

Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was one of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Chieftains who fled the country under the regime of the late General Sani Abacha.

Abacha had clamped down on academics, activists and other technocrats opposed to his regime.

In his sworn affidavit in of his nomination form for the office of the president, Tinubu said he “went on self exile from October 1994 to October 1998 (and) when I returned and discovered that my property including all the documents relating to my qualification and my certificates in respect of paragraph 3 above were looted by unknown persons.”

While Tinubu skipped information regarding his primary and secondary education in the INEC form, he, however, said he attended University of Chicago between 1972 and 1976, where he obtained B.Sc in Economics.

He also said he had B.Sc in Business and istration, as well as certificate in Public .

Tinubu’s latest claims appear to contradict his previous election submissions, especially in 1999, when he ran and won the Lagos State governorship election.

He had said then that he attended St Paul Children’s School, Aroloya, Home School, Ibadan, between 1958 and 1964; while his secondary education was at Government College Ibadan (GCI), between 1965 and 1968.

Following a backlash, the former governor withheld his primary and secondary schools academic records when he recontested in 2003.

He had claimed that from Ibadan, he proceed to Richard Daley College, Chicago, from 1969 to 1971.

He finally said he attended both Chicago State University and the University of Chicago.

All the submissions were, however, challenged as fraudulent by a prominent Nigerian lawyer, late Gani Fawehinmi.

Fawehinmi, who argued the matter up to the Supreme Court, which dismissed the case on technical grounds.

In his forms, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presented the Master’s degree he obtained in 2021, as his highest educational qualification.

https://dailytrust.com/2023-unknown-persons-stole-my-academic-certificates-tinubu-tells-inec

"Unknown persons".

I hope they didn't also steal the names of the primary and secondary schools attended.

This is stupidity.
Why not enjoy your stolen billions jejely.
Why bring yourself out for mockery.
Why not enjoy ones old age in peace.

I can assure you Tinubu did go to school the reason I think for hiding his certificate is to prevent everyone from knowing his actual age.

Just thinking out.

Most of yoruba that were educated run away from politic. They count it as dirty game and fetish race.that may cut they life short if nt fully fortify. Rembr "funsho william"

That was during Abacha regime

If he talk say dem steal am, dey don steal am nooni

Tinubu abeg no kill us (TANKU)

Ha? This must be a joke..

Tinubu certification matter don tire me, kindly disqualify him or leave him to contest. We all know he doesn't have it

I hate to do this

but

Look for it…

Modified: Why is Baba making mockery of himself.? I don’t like him but I know his sound intellectually

Why is he hiding his certificate? Could it be his ago?

And what name does those certificates have on them Sir?....we want to check something

Cypress042:
Tinubu certification matter don tire me, kindly disqualify him or leave him to contest. We all know he doesn't have it

He has maybe with different names

Naijanascam:





He has maybe with different names

He's not fit to contest then, let him it that and step down it would accord him more respects.

Cypress042:
He's not fit to contest then, let him it that and step down it would accord him more respects.

Step down over his life long ambition and disappoint his numerous certificated morons and Urchins standing on his Wallet.... impossible

Cypress042:
He's not fit to contest then, let him it that and step down it would accord him more respects.

good morning bro.

u fit help me?

Naijanascam:



Step down over his life long ambition and disappoint his numerous certificated morons and Urchins standing on his Wallet.... impossible

You're right though, have a nice day man

tobore4u:
good morning bro.
u fit help me?

If is not beyond me

Cypress042:
You're right though, have a nice day man

Best of the week ahead

Cypress042:
If is not beyond me

meaning yes?

It never made any difference. He didn't denied that he didn't attend primary school, he said his certificates were stolen. So what's up?

Okay sir. Thank you. We have heard you. Aso Rock is not for you then because we can not repeat the political deadly mistake of 2015. Bye bye bye sir.

Cypress042:
If is not beyond me

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Xscape1993:
Okay sir. Thank you. We have heard you. Aso Rock is not for you then because we can not repeat the political deadly mistake of 2015. Bye bye bye sir.

facts

shigishege:
It never made any difference. He didn't denied that he didn't attend primary school, he said his certificates were stolen. So what's up?

what will u do If u lost your certificate

Chicago druggy is going down.
Oluwole certificate.

Tinubu does not have certificates - Bode George
Watch Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3WXEdFKQM4

he might be saying the truth about his cert.Even Chicago University confam his studentship...

They also stole his name, origin and age. This brown teeth na yahoo yahoo, Hushpupy plus plus.

Mindlog:
"Unknown persons".

Okay.

The Chicago State University already confirmed that you schooled and graduated from the university with Honours.

That's enough for us. Anyone who did not go through Primary and Secondary education cannot survive the rigors of the university studying Business istration with ing option and graduating as a prize winner.

The above is in contrast to a dummy that study a useless course Philosophy and graduated with a 3rd Class. If he has tried studying Sciences, or Engineering or ing like Tinubu, the useless idiot would have been expelled in 100 level for awful performance