{"id":96370,"date":"2022-06-26T10:05:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96370"},"modified":"2022-06-26T10:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:05:43","slug":"academic-certificates-group-asks-police-to-arrest-prosecute-tinubu-over-false-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/academic-certificates-group-asks-police-to-arrest-prosecute-tinubu-over-false-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic certificates: Group asks police to arrest, prosecute Tinubu over false information\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1736684604293487586\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has given the police an ultimatum to arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for \u201cfalse\u201d academic qualifications to secure nomination.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Legal Adviser of the group, Kalu Agu alleged that Tinubu supplied false information on oath in his Form EC9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>He said in 1999, Tinubu claimed to have attended Saint Paul Aroloya Children Home School, Ibadan between 1958 and 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Agu said the candidate also claimed he attended Government College Ibadan, between 1965 and 1969, but in 2022 said he never attended primary or secondary school in his EC9 form.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting on Saturday, the\u00a0Director of Communications,\u00a0Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bayo Onanuga, declared that the claims were not the facts.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the former Lagos Governor was more than qualified to be Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga maintained that Tinubu did not submit fake certificates to the electoral umpire.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman noted that the one certificate people keep referring to was not filled by him.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga said Tinubu was exonerated in the House of Assembly\u2019s report because former Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi said he filled the form.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign noted that the certificate he gave to INEC this year was the same he used in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga said while in exile, Tinubu\u2019s house at Balarabe Musa Crescent in Surulere was burnt by the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was what happened that time and if in 2022, he (Tinubu) now drew blank on that session, what offence has he committed?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are making noise are PDP agents who are just trying to raise issues where there is none\u201d, he added.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has given the police an ultimatum to arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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