Atiku Tackles President Tinubu, Challenge Him To Tell Nigerians How He Got Degree With Primary, Secondary Education

By Akinwale Kasali

Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the 2023 Presidential Election, has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tell Nigerians how he got a University degree from High Institution without Primary and Secondary School education.

The former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria took a swipe on President Tinubu by querying his Primary and Secondary School education on his X (formerly Twitter) verified account on Sunday.

Atiku alleged that when President Tinubu was Governor in 1999, he claimed to have attended St. John’s Primary School in Aroloya, Lagos State before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

He added his (Tinubu) next port of call in his educational journey was the Government College Ibadan and the Richard Daley College after which he proceeded to Chicago State University in the United States of America.

“ I woke up this morning wondering how we got to this cul de sac. In 1999, Tinubu claimed he attended St. John’s Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan.

“According to him, his next port of call in his educational journey was Government College Ibadan and, Richard Daley College and Chicago State University in the United States.

“Curiously, in 2023, Tinubu settled with attending only Chicago State University in the United States,” he tweeted.

Atiku urged Nigerians to query Tinubu’s declaration of no primary and secondary education yet has a university degree.

“I am scratching my head. How is that possible? Methinks that all well-meaning Nigerians should be as confused as I am with Tinubu’s declaration that he had no primary and secondary education, yet he has a university degree.

“You may wish to #AskTinubu how he attained this feat so that we can learn from his ingenuity.”

It would be recalled that Atiku had recently filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Tinubu in the United States.

This is different from the suit requesting the academic records of Tinubu which read that he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Chicago State University.

However, a number of Nigerians say they are tired of these allegations against Tinubu, and just want to move on.

Said an elderly retired teacher who identified himself as John: “I am tired of the noise over paper qualifications. We have been dealing with the Tinubu educational qualifications since 1999. It is time to move on. All we want is service delivery. He should be left to do that. What if Tinubu was home-tutored? There is nothing wrong with that.”