Nigerians are unfairly seen as fraudsters due to the controversy surrounding Tinubu’s certificate – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, holds the view that due to the forgery allegations against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigerians have come to be perceived as individuals associated with fraudulent activities and falsification of certificates.

During a press conference held by his party on October 11, 2023, Obi expressed that President Tinubu’s certificate controversy from Chicago State University in the United States has further deteriorated Nigeria’s reputation.

He said, “The Chicago University matter and Chief Bola Tinubu’s many other identity question marks have further worsened Nigeria’s less-than-glorious image internationally. Uninformed outsiders now see every Nigerian as a fraudster, certificate forger or identity thief.”

“The controversy is unnecessary, just as the implicit global embarrassment could have been avoided. In my opinion, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu should have saved the nation and himself from this protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety,” he said.

“Chief Bola Tinubu still owes Nigeria and the world a simple obligation and I respectfully call on him to immediately perform a simple task: reintroduce himself, let the world know his name, nationality, place of birth, parentage, primary and secondary schools he attended with dates, as well as the actual universities he attended and certificates obtained, he should indicate where and when he did his NYSC, and if at any time he had a change of name, that’s not a crime,” Peter Obi said.