JUST IN: Tinubu and Nigeria will be Hurt by APC's Desperate Efforts to Hide His Academic Records, Says PDP

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) with frantically attempting to withhold from the public some crucial information surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s academic records at Chicago State University (CSU).

According to reports, the PDP made the charge in a news release on Friday after Tinubu’s attorneys asked the US District Court of Illinois to request that the claimed academic information not be made public.

The PDP claimed that Tinubu’s lawyers’ application is directly at odds with the president’s public statements that his academic credentials are flawless.

The party recalled Tinubu’s public assertion to Nigerians that “I was one of those most recruited graduates of my university, multiple honors, First Class Degree and I have the reference point” in which he made the claim.

In light of the aforementioned claim, the PDP believes that President Tinubu in particular, and Nigeria in general are seriously wronged by the lawyers’ argument that his academic record’s specifics shouldn’t be made public.

The appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje as the APC’s National Chairman despite the allegations of corruption and bribery against him was used by the PDP as evidence that the party was a hotbed of corruption and shady business.

The Supreme Court fire outbreak on September 25, 2023, is suspected to have been an arsonist attack with the aim of impeding and frustrating the Supreme Court’s ability to handle the Presidential Election Appeals that are currently before it. The party expressed concern over these allegations and the public’s suspicion of sabotage.

The Statements reads in full:

September 29, 2023

Press Statement

CSU: Lawyers Plea Inconsistent with Bola Tinubu’s Academic Assertions, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the All Progressives Congress (APC) @OfficialAPCNg to come clean on the desperation of its lawyers in the United States to conceal certain vital details regarding the academic records of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Chicago State University (CSU) from the public.

The PDP states that the Application by the lawyers urging the US District Court of Illinois not to release the said academic details is in direct conflict with the public declarations by President Tinubu that his academic records are impeccable.

The PDP recalls that President Tinubu had in a public function openly asserted to Nigerians that “I was one of those most recruited graduates of my university, multiple honors, First Class Degree and I have the reference point”

In view of the above assertion, the PDP therefore holds that the plea by the lawyers that the details of his academic record should not be released is a great disservice to President Tinubu in particular and Nigeria in general.

This desperation to conceal vital information is consistent with APC’s penchant for trickery and underhand dealings in their transactions with Nigerians which has heightened under the Abdullahi Ganduje leadership.

By appointing Dr. Ganduje as its National Chairman, despite the malodorous corruption and bribery allegations against him in the public domain, the APC further confirms itself as not only being a cesspit of corruption but also as irredeemably given to concealment and confinement of depravity, sleaze, and mendacious acts.

Moreover, it is curious that the APC has remained silent on allegations and public apprehension of sabotage in the Monday, September 25, 2023 fire outbreak at the Supreme Court, which is suspected to have been an arsonist attack with the intent to cripple and frustrate the Supreme Court in the handling of the Presidential Election Appeals pending before it.

The APC must at the least acknowledge the desirability and moral duty placed on it to encourage, insist, and ensure that it is transparent with Nigerians and indeed the world. Failure to discharge this duty to Nigerians is condemnable.

The litany of probes, inquiries, and investigations that were instituted on various matters without reports under the APC since 2015 validate the above.

It is clear that the APC is a major threat to our Nation’s Democracy. The PDP calls on all men of goodwill across our country and beyond to stand firm in the defense of Democracy, Transparency, and the Rule of Law in Nigeria, especially at this critical time.

Signed:

Hon. Debo Ologunagba
National Publicity Secretary

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