President Bola Tinubu is accused by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president in the February 25 election, of skipping out on primary and secondary schooling in order to attend Chicago State University.
The former vice president questioned how it was possible for the President to only attend Chicago State University in the United States without receiving an elementary or secondary education in Nigeria in a tweet on Sunday, August 27. Tinubu’s claim in his 2023 record, he wrote, “should be a concern for all Nigerians.”
The PDP chief alleged that President Tinubu attended these events in 1999.
“St. John’s Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan. He said his next port of call in his educational journey was Government College Ibadan, Richard Daley College and Chicago State University in the United States.
Atiku then alleged that President Tinubu’s academic record in 2023 was different from what was presented in 1999, adding that the president only said he attended Chicago State University without primary and secondary school educations.
The former vice president then expressed his curiosity over the Children’s discovery. He asked:
“Curiously, in 2023, Tinubu settled with attending only @ChicagoState. I am scratching my head. How is that possible?”
President Tinubu defeated Atiku in the 2023 presidential election. Still, the latter has challenged the poll’s outcome at the Presidential Election Petition Court, raising several questions about the President’s academic record.
See the tweet here:
I woke up this morning wondering how we got to this cul de sac. In 1999, @officialABAT claimed he attended St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, before proceeding to Children Home School in Ibadan. According to him, his next port of call in his educational journey was…
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) August 27, 2023