Olajide Adeniji, a man who recently testified under oath, claims that he was a classmate of President Bola Tinubu several years ago at Chicago State University (CSU).
During his testimony in a United States District Court, Mr. Adeniji asserted that he not only knew Tinubu but also contested against him for the presidency of the Accounting Society Club within the Department of Business Administration and Accounting at CSU.
This revelation comes in the wake of a similar claim made by public affairs analyst Durojaiye Ogunsanya, who also asserted that he was a classmate of President Tinubu.
Mr Ogunsanya spoke on air on TVC’s breakfast show This Morning.
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar had secured an application for CSU to make the president’s academic records available to his legal team.
But Tinubu, on Monday, pleaded with the US District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, to order CSU to protect his privileged information such as admission records, transcripts and gender and release only his certificate to Atiku’s legal team.
In the oath taken on September 23 at the Northern District of Illinois Court in Chicago, Adeniji swore to an affidavit, saying: “I, Olajide Adeniji, after having been first duly sworn upon oath, do hereby state that I am over 21 years of age, that I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein, and could competently testify thereto if called upon to do so: I attended Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois from 1977 to 1979 when I graduated with a degree in Business Administration/Accounting in 1979.
“I am familiar with Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is now the President of Nigeria. I was a student at Chicago State University from 1977 to 1979 and Bola Tinubu and I were in the same course of study.
“I also ran in a closely-contested race against Bola Tinubu for the Leadership of Accounting Society Club of the Department of Business Administration/Accounting. I also recognize and know the person who I attended Chicago State University with, Bola A. Tinubu, is the same person who is now the President of Nigeria. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.”
