President Bola Tinubu has attributed the Discrepancies on his Certificate from Chicago State University to a Clerical error.
Tinubu’s Legal Representatives, Oluwole Afolabi, and Christopher Carmichael, Indicated that an Unidentified University Clerk Inadvertently Misstated the date on his recently Issued Certificate, resulting in what appeared to be Inconsistencies.
This Explanation was provided in response to a Lawsuit filed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who seeks Disclosure of Tinubu’s Academic records from the University.
A US Court had granted Tinubu until August 23 to Formally address why his Records should not be released to the former Vice President.
Tinubu maintains that he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Chicago State University.
However, Atiku Abubakar, the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February Presidential Election, has Alleged that Tinubu’s Academic records are Forged.
The President’s Legal team stated, “Unfortunately, in responding to the Illegal and Invalid subpoena, CSU made several Errors.” They explained, “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 Scrivener’s Error – along with a change in the CSU logo, The font on the Diploma, and the 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.”
Additionally, the former Vice President is seeking access to the Credentials Tinubu submitted to Chicago State University during his Admission process.
