Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, responded to the disclosure of President Bola Tinubu’s academic credentials by Chicago State University (CSU).
On Monday, October 2, the university complied with a U.S. court order and provided the documents to lawyers representing Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the February election. CSU confirmed the existence of three diplomas that matched the certificates Tinubu had presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The validity of Tinubu’s credentials had been a contentious issue for some time.
In reaction to this development, Keyamo called on Atiku to issue an apology to both Tinubu and the Nigerian public.
“From the responses by Chicago State University, ATIKU’s journey to Chicago and back has been a journey to nowhere, a fruitless exercise and an odyssey in self-humiliation. President Tinubu and Nigerians deserve an unreserved apology from him,” he conveyed on Monday night via X (formerly known as Twitter).
He taunted Atiku, saying: “It is now obvious that the loss of ATIKU Abubakar at the last polls hurt him deeply more than all his previous losses put together; it has since sent him spinning like a drunkard, lashing out to hold on to every single straw that resembles a lifeline. This is bad for his health; he should accept that this game is over (as the Chicago State University responses have shown) and retire peacefully to his famed abode. Those around him have a role to play in this.”
Atiku hopes to use the records at CSU in his case against Tinubu at the Supreme Court.
But Tinubu’s lawyers say the documents would be irrelevant.
