Chicago State University (CSU) has told a United States court that it is not in a position to authenticate the certificate of Bola Tinubu as either fake or genuine.
This is as the US court adjourned ruling on a subpoena application for Bola Tinubu’s records from the Chicago State University (CSU) in a suit filed by Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was Tinubu’s main challenger during the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
This followed the denial by the institution of having knowledge of a certificate Tinubu submitted to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to run for office as president.
The legal counsel to Chicago State University, Mr. Michael Hayes specifically told the US court that the school was not in a position to authenticate Tinubu’s certificate as either fake or genuine.
Hayes further said that the CSU’s administrators would not be able to certify the certificate saying that they “just don’t know” where Tinubu obtained it or how.
The lawyer admitted that there were several contradictions in Tinubu’s certificate, including the date it was issued and the name of the school president at the time it was issued.
In the words of Hayes; “Is the diploma authentic or is it a forgery? My client can’t answer yes to either of those questions”.
Atiku filed the suit to compel CSU to produce records relating to Tinubu and also made its top officials available for deposition to certify the produced records.
