Tinubu’s Certificate Saga: Be Calm, Ohanaeze Tells Nigerians

• Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls for calm and Supreme Court’s decision in the ongoing certificate controversy involving Bola Ahmed Tinubu
• The group urges politicians to avoid divisive statements and seeks a thorough investigation into the matter

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on Nigerians to remain calm and await the outcome of the Supreme Court regarding the ongoing certificate controversy involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group also appealed to politicians and other stakeholders to refrain from making inflammatory statements that could further divide the country.

The statement, signed by the Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, also called for a thorough investigation into the alleged certificate discrepancy regarding President Tinubu’s Chicago State University.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo emphasized that Tinubu’s academic qualifications allegations are significant and should be rigorously investigated. However, they cautioned against using these allegations to incite chaos and instability in the country.

Atiku’s team blasts BBC over report on Tinubu’s Chicago certificate

Special Assistant on Public Communications, to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mr Phrank Shaibu, has said the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, erred in its ‘fact-check’ report, claiming that there was no evidence that President Bola Tinubu forged his Chicago State University certificate.

Shaibu, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, alleged that the report was part of “a hatchet job “ aimed at turning the tide in Tinubu’s favour, adding that “the outrage it had solicited from the generality of Nigerians was enough evidence to show that the BBC goofed.”

The Atiku aide said the BBC’s move was unsurprising as it was in line with a previous statement he had issued wherein he had revealed that the Tinubu administration was set to unleash its full propaganda programme.

Shaibu said, “Sometime last week, when the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) issued a final warning to Arise News TV, we pointed out that the Tinubu administration was on the verge of launching a full-blown propaganda and also intimidating ‘uncooperative’ media houses into discrediting and downplaying the CSU scandal. Sadly, we never imagined that it would be the BBC that would become the willing tool.