Nigerians Shot Down Chicago State University’s X Account Over Backlash On President

By Akinwale Kasali

The Chicago State University has blocked its X Account (Former Twitter) following the storming of its site by Nigerians over alleged Certificate Scandal rocking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Some Nigerians had stormed the X Page of the School to verify whether the Nigerian President actually graduated from the Institution or not.

This came in the wake of a petition filed by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Atiku Abubakar, in a United States court to obtain information about Tinubu’s academic records at the Chicago State University.

A check on the page which was earlier Public, on Tuesday, showed it has now been put on Private with a message – “These posts are protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @ChicagoState’s posts and complete profiles. Tap a Follow button to send a follow request.”

It would be recalled that Social Commentator and Bayelsa State Born Activist, Timi Frank had also challenged the Institution to react to the call on the verification of President Tinubu’s Certificate from the institution.

He had petitioned the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and the Criminal Investigation Authority of the United States of America to compel the institution to respond.

Before now, Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment, and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, CSU,  in a terse email response had said,  “Mr Tinubu did attend our university, however, if further information is needed, go to studentclearinghouse.org website to make a formal request.”

In an earlier letter dated August 20, 1999, and signed by then Registrar, Lois Davis, the university stated that Tinubu was its student between 1977 and 1979.

He wrote, “Please be advised that Bola A. Tinubu did indeed attend Chicago State University from August 1977 through June 1979. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Administration with honours on June 22, 1979. His major was Accounting.”

Also attached to Tinubu’s form CF004 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission during his governorship re-election bid in 2003 was a commendation letter from CSU recognising his performance and “high scholastic achievement”.

But over the years, controversy had trailed his educational backgrounds and certificates.