The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February election, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s aides and supporters are telling lies and confusing the public on the certificate forgery allegations against the president.
He said since Tuesday when the
deposition regarding President Bola Tinubu’s educational qualifications came to
the fore in the United States, there have been several attempts to twist the
facts of the matter, which deliberately aim to confuse the mind of the public
concerning the matter.
Atiku stated this in a
statement by his spokesperson, Paul Ibe, on Sunday.
The Chicago State University,
in a deposition on Tuesday, said President Tinubu did graduate from the
university as he claimed.
The university was, however, not categorical when asked if the certificate he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was forged.
Atiku has since filed for a
leave of the Supreme Court to present what he termed as fresh evidence.
The lawyer to the president, Oluwole Afolabi, in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said “There is nothing in the record to back up such an allegation. He who alleges must prove.”
“Some media aides to the president have come out openly to ‘push back on the narrative’, while some media houses, especially one, have persistently slanted their story to justify a corrupted interpretation of the facts in the disposition.
“Sadly, however, the truth of the matter remains that Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu falsified a document he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and swore an affidavit under oath to back up his forgery,” Atiku said.
The former vice president of Nigeria said if Mr Tinubu would not resign honourably to save the nation from embarrassment over the alleged forgery, his supporters should stop lying on the matter.
“If the President would not do
what is honourable by resigning from office and saving the country an imminent
embarrassment, at least his supporters should desist from telling shameful lies
to confuse the public,” the statement said.
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