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The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over alleged identity controversy of President Bola Tinubu.
Obi had asked President Tinubu
to save Nigeria and Nigerians further embarrassment by clearing the air on his
identity, but the APC insisted the President had no identity crisis.
This came as the British
Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, said there was no evidence to show that Tinubu
submitted forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC.
However, Atiku in a swift
response, described the BBC report as a jaundiced and hatchet job.
Speaking at a briefing in
Abuja, yesterday, Obi noted that he, like many other Nigerians, had to answer
embarrassing questions about the genuineness of the President’s academic
credentials, especially his Chicago State University, CSU, certificate.
According to him, it is no
longer acceptable for the President to hide behind a battery of lawyers and
hordes of professional image launderers and journalists to mask his true
identity because he is no longer a private citizen.
To end the controversies
surrounding his identity, the former Anambra State governor, reeled out his
given name, his baptismal name, primary, secondary schools and universities
attended, and urged President Tinubu to personally address Nigerians and answer
14 probing questions.
Obi asked Tinubu to
re-introduce himself, state his name, nationality, place of birth, parentage,
primary and secondary schools attended with dates, universities he attended and
certificates obtained, where and when he did his NYSC, and disclose if he had a
change of name at any time and the circumstances.
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