Presidential Election Petitions Court Admits Evidence Against Bola Tinubu

The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Friday accepted certified true copies of President Bola Tinubu's academic qualifications as evidence in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The court admitted various documents, including a Chicago State University certificate, a National Youth Service Corp discharge certificate, and a copy of Tinubu's Guinean Passport. The petitioners claimed that Tinubu forged his academic, career, and diplomatic records. A witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah, a litigator and human rights activist, testified before the court and identified discrepancies in Tinubu's documents.

Key Takeaways:

• The court admitted certified true copies of President Bola Tinubu's academic qualifications, including a Chicago State University certificate, a National Youth Service Corp discharge certificate, and a copy of Tinubu's Guinean Passport, as evidence in the petition.
• The petitioners alleged that Tinubu demonstrated inconsistency in his actual date of birth, secondary schools he attended, his state of origin, gender, actual name, and certificates evidencing universities attended.
• The witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah, tendered documents showing that the transcript from Chicago State University established that the person who attended the university was a female, not a male.
• The witness also identified discrepancies in Tinubu's NYSC certificate, which bore the name "Adekunle" instead of Tinubu's actual name.
• The petitioners alleged that Tinubu did not disclose his voluntary acquisition of the citizenship of the Republic of Guinea with Guinean Passport No. D00001551, in addition to his Nigerian citizenship.
• The witness tendered a notarized judgment of the US District Court regarding Tinubu's alleged forfeiture of funds traced to his bank account suspected to be proceeds of narcotic deals.

Statistics:

• The court acknowledged 17 exhibits, including certified true copies of various documents related to President Bola Tinubu's academic qualifications.
• The petitioners alleged that Tinubu demonstrated inconsistency in his academic and career records.
• The witness identified discrepancies in 5 different documents related to Tinubu's academic and career records.

Sources:

• "Presidential Election Petitions Court admits evidence against Bola Tinubu", The Punch News
• "PDP files petition against Tinubu's nomination", The Cable News
• "INEC records: Tinubu's actual name 'is not Bola Adekunle'" , Vanguard News