President Bola Tinubu’s diplomas were reportedly discovered in the archives of Chicago State University (CSU), according to that institution.
CSU claimed that after meticulously searching its records, it discovered the diplomas that matched the certificate Tinubu handed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
This information was provided by the institution in response to Judge Nancy Maldonado’s order that it provide the materials that PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar had requested.
Michael D. Hayes, the school’s lawyer, released the findings.
According to a statement from Hayes,
Atiku asked for “true and accurate copies of any diplomas issued by CSU (other than to Mr. Tinubu) that contain the same font, seal, signatures, and wording (other than the recipient’s name and the specific degree awarded) as contained in Exhibit C to the First Liu Declaration, which purports to be a CSU diploma issued to Mr. Tinubu on or about June 22, 1979.” in his Request No. 3.
In response, Hayes stated: “The responsive papers to this request which CSU, after diligent effort, has been able to discover are produced herewith and Bates designated CSU 0008 through CSU 0010.
The names of the students are obscured on these diplomas due to privacy concerns.
“CSU is also providing diplomas that Bates has designated as CSU 0011 and CSU 0012, prepared by
for additional CSU students (with their names changed for privacy’s sake), who follow the format of the
Replacement Tinubu diploma, dated June 27, 1997.
When Atiku asked the school to provide a copy of Tinubu’s certificate from 1979, the school maintained its stance that “it does not keep copies of students’ diplomas, talk less of the one issued in 1979.”
“CSU does not typically maintain copies of student diplomas and is unable to locate a copy of the original diploma it prepared for Mr. Tinubu in 1979, so it does not have any documents that would be responsive to this request,”
In an effort to show that the Nigerian president had lied about attending CSU, Atiku had asked for Tinubu’s academic transcripts.
