Tinubu’s certificate saga has ‘worsened’ Nigeria’s reputation – Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023
general elections, Peter Obi, has stated that the certificate sage of President
Bola Tinubu has further worsened the country’s ‘less than glorious image’ in
the world.

While addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday,
Obi stated that the certificate issue has affected the average Nigerian within
and outside the country.

His words: “To the outsiders, the entire Chicago University
matter, as well as Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s many other lingering identity,
question marks have further worsened Nigeria’s less than glorious image
internationally.

“Uninformed outsiders now see every Nigerian as a fraudster,
certificate forger, and identity thief. The controversy is unnecessary, and the
implicit global embarrassment could have been avoided.”

Recall that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had secured release of Tinubu’s education records from
the CSU through a court subpoena against the disclosure by the President.

The released records, which came first on October 3, showed
that Tinubu’s 1979 CSU certificate he submitted to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) was different from samples of the certificates the
university issued to students that same year.

Atiku, on Thursday, October 5, 2023, addressed a world press
conference on the certificate saga.