Opposition Raises Concern Over Irregularities In Tinubu’s Particulars

Opposition Raises Concern Over Irregularities In Tinubu’s Particulars

THE particulars of presidential candidates and their running mates pasted for public scrutiny by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, are already raising dust. 

An opposition political party, the Action Peoples Party (APP), has threatened to initiate a suit over alleged irregularities in the particulars submitted by former Lagos State governor and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu. 

Tinubu, in the particulars submitted and accompanied by a sworn affidavit, was silent on the primary and secondary schools he attended, leaving the space blank. 

He, however, disclosed that he attended University of Chicago where he graduated from 1979 with a degree in Business Administration. 

His running mate, Kabiru Masari, in his own particulars, disclosed that he earned primary and secondary school certificates in 1978 and 1983 respectively and obtained a Higher Certificate in 1995. But the national chairman of the APP, Uche Nnadi, however, alleged irregularities in Tinubu’s particulars. 

Nnadi, who alleged perjury, declared that Tinubu has abandoned his earlier claim of attending primary school, sworn in an affidavit to run for governor in 1999 “but now claims not to have attended primary school.” 

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“Tinubu’s new declaration in new INEC forms of not attending primary and secondary school is false information, in view of earlier nomination forms of 2007 on oath containing alleged controversial primary and secondary schools he claimed to have,” he said. 

 It was revealed that the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was also silent on his primary school education, but disclosed that he attended a secondary school and equally earned a Master’s degree. 

Other candidates whose details of their particulars were sighted by Sunday Tribune at INEC Federal Capital Territory FCT office included, former Kano State governor and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso; presidential candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Kola Abiola; presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Sani; Abubakar Atiku’s running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa; candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore; the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Chukwudi Umeadi.