The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation said no honest person can defend Tinubu on the controversy surrounding his Chicago State University (CSU) certificate without technicalities.
Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of
Afenifere, has stated that he feels sorry for Nigerians for having a president
with a questionable academic record.
Speaking in an interview
published by The Punch on Sunday, Adebanjo stated that Nigerians, home and
abroad, should be ashamed to have a leader who is embroiled in a certificate
scandal.
The leader of the Yoruba
socio-cultural organisation said no honest person can defend Tinubu on the
controversy surrounding his Chicago State University (CSU) certificate without
technicalities.
He said: “There is no truth in
what he says. That’s the unfortunate thing. I feel sorry for the country,
particularly Tinubu defenders, can they be proud? Whether true or not, why is
it him? When they finally produced the record from the university, it was even
more damaging.
“When I say I finished from a
grammar school, why will you say ‘don’t go ( there to verify)?
“In this Tinubu saga, you
presented the certificate from the university, now they are trying to change
(the conversation) to his attendance at the university.
“How many people attended the
university and never completed it or even dropped out? You said you attended
and have the certificate, and the registrar said they don’t know about the certificate.
What more do you want?
“This is what makes me sad in
this country, and those still saying something in defence of this ugly
situation where we should cover our face as Nigerians that the man we produced
to be our president has his baggage. I am concerned.”
Adebanjo stated that he had
defended Tinubu on the certificate scandal in the past because of the little
information he had on the matter at that time.
He said: “Mind you, I should be
one of those who should be proud that Tinubu is the president of this country
because I made him the governor of Lagos state. When this certificate saga
started, I was the one who defended him. I defended him from the fact I saw him
at that time. But when some facts are now coming up, I folded my arms.
“Forget technicalities, do the
substantial justice. Can any honest person, in view of the exposure from the
university, say he (Tinubu) got that certificate from the university?”
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