One of the lawyers of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kalu Kalu, has revealed that one of the documents released by Chicago’s State University (CSU) showed that President Bola Tinubu allegedly forged the certificate of a black American.
Kalu made this allegation while responding to questions at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
It could be recalled that Atiku had filed a suit against President Bola Tinubu over his academic record at the Chicago State University (CSU).
Despite Tinubu’s attempts to prevent the release of the documents, citing privacy concerns, the court ruled against him.
Consequently, Atiku’s legal team gained access to the documents on Monday, along with an oral deposition provided by Caleb Westberg, CSU Registrar.
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A deposition is the process of taking a sworn, out-of-court oral testimony of a witness. This testimony may be reduced to a written transcript for use in court or for discovery purposes.
Speaking in Abuja, Kalu said, “On the certificate issued or released by Chicago State University to the lawyers of Alhajji Atiku Abubakar. These are the documents; One, that Bola Ahmed Tinubu forged the certificate he presented to INEC.
“Two, that the qualified certificate from Southwest College to Chicago State University bears a female. That means that document does not belong to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Three, the Chicago State University admission application form has a claim that Bola Ahmed Tinubu attended Government College Lagos and graduated in 1970, when indeed the school got established in 1974. The same document has it that the owner of that document is a Black American and the document Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to INEC, he denied having dual citizenship which means it doesn’t not belong to him.”
