Mike Enahoro-Ebah, a legal practitioner, has sued Bola
Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for
allegedly falsifying his age and certificates.
The lawyer sued the APC candidate in three separate direct
criminal complaints filed at the chief magistrate’s court sitting in Wuse zone
6, Abuja.
In the cases marked CR/121/2022, CR/122/2022, and
CR/123/2022, respectively, Tinubu is the only defendant.
The lawyer alleged that Tinubu presented “a forged Chicago
State University certificate to INEC with the intent that it may be acted upon
as genuine, thereby committing the offence of forgery contrary to Sections
362(a), 363 and 364 of the Penal Code Act, Cap. 532, Laws of the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja”.
He said a copy of the university certificate which he
obtained “is radically different” from the copy attached to Tinubu’s sworn Form
EC-9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on June
17.
“Curiously, the information contained in the documents and
school records received from Chicago State University contradicts material
information provided by the defendant in his sworn Form EC-9 submitted to
INEC,” he alleged.
He also alleged that the Bola Tinubu that attended Chicago
State University was born in 1954 as against the APC presidential candidate who
claimed in his form EC-9 submitted to INEC to be born in 1952.
He also alleged that in support of the defendant’s
undergraduate admission application form submitted to Chicago State University
in 1977, was a transcript from Southwest College, Chicago, bearing the name,
“Tinubu Bola A”, which belongs to a
female student.
According to the plaintiff, a direct examination of the two
certificates showed that they were issued by the university on separate dates
(June 22, 1979, and June 27, 1979), have distinct university logos on the front
of the certificates, have different signatures, among other differences.
The lawyer further alleged that the Tinubu that attended the
university graduated from Government College, Lagos, in 1970, while the
defendant in his Form EC-9 submitted to INEC provided no information as to his
attendance of the said Government College, Lagos, among other allegations.
The lawyer said it is in the best interest of justice and
equity to issue criminal summons to ensure Tinubu’s attendance in court to
answer to the complaints.
The case, which is before Emmanuel Iyanna, chief magistrate,
is yet to be scheduled for hearing.
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