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Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has dismissed the renewed controversy over President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University (CSU) certificate as boring and a huge distraction from the real issues ahead of the 2027 general election.
Adeyanju stated this in a Facebook post on Monday, in reaction to the latest claim by former Chicago State University lecturer, Adetokunbo Pearse.
Pearse, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, had in an interview with News Central on Sunday claimed that Tinubu never attended CSU, describing the president as a “professional crook.”
Pearse, who said he lectured at the American university between 1985 and 1990 and was director of the programme Tinubu claimed to have attended, insisted he knew Tinubu never enrolled in the programme.
Last Tuesday, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, defended Tinubu’s CSU enrollment and certificate, describing the controversy around the matter as “nonsense”.
Alausa, who said he lived in Chicago for nearly 30 years, noted that he met several people who studied with Tinubu.
Chicago State University had in October 2023 confirmed that Tinubu attended and graduated from the institution in 1979, a position its registrar, Caleb Westberg, also restated under oath.
Reacting, Adeyanju said the narrative surrounding Tinubu’s academic records resurfaces every election cycle and should no longer distract the opposition.
“Interestingly, Chicago State University already said Tinubu graduated from there. This narrative every election has become boring and a huge distraction from the real issues. Opposition should focus on how to stop the rigging of the election,” he said.
