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INEC Chairman Tenders Documents Revealing Tinubu Age, Other Details

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4 months ago

June 15, 2023

INEC Chairman Tenders Documents Revealing Tinubu Age, Other Details

INEC Chairman has tendered documents revealing Tinubu’s age and other personal details.

News ToGo learned that the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave in to pressure by responding to the subpoena today.

He made the presentation at the Presidential Elections Petition Court, PEPC in Abuja. Yakubu did not appear in person but Mrs Morenikeji Tairu represented him in court. The document, named Form EC9, is an affidavit of personal details President Tinubu used to qualify to contest for the 2023 presidential election.

Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who is contesting the presidential election outcome, had called on the court to summon the INEC boss. Abubakar asked for the document containing Tinubu’s bio-data among other exhibits. The petition filed by Abubakar and his party claimed President Tinubu showed inconsistencies about his date of birth, secondary school attendance, state of origin, gender, actual name, and universities attended.

The petitioners argue that President Tinubu’s alleged degree certificate from the Chicago State University belonged to a woman named Bola Tinubu. They also claimed Tinubu did not disclose his acquisition of Guinean citizenship in addition to his Nigerian nationality. They have requested Tinubu to produce both his Nigerian and Guinean passports.

In response to the petitioner’s application, a subpoena was issued for the INEC Chairman to produce 11 sets of exhibits. At the latest court hearing, Prof. Yakubu, while not present in person, dispatched a senior official to submit four of the requested exhibits.

Tairu also presented several election-related forms and reports as well as the certified true copy of Form EC9, which was admitted as Exhibit PAJ 40.

Counsels to Tinubu and APC opposed the admissibility of the documents. However, INEC’s counsel did not. The hearing will continue on Friday.

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

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1 day ago

October 3, 2023

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

President Bola Tinubu has appointed three new persons.

He wrote a letter to the Nigerian Senate to confirm the appointees as required by the constitution.

The new ministerial appointees by Tinubu are:
1. DR Jamila Bio
2. Balarebe Abbas and
3. Olawale Olawande.

The President had appoint over 40 Ministers before now making him the first Nigerian President with the highest number of Ministers. With the appointment of the three persons, the number of his Ministers would be around 50- a number no past President had matched.

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu’s Record, Gender Raises Doubt

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2 days ago

October 2, 2023

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu's Record, Gender Reads Female

CSU has finally released Tinubu’s records.

News ToGo learned that Chicago State University (CSU) has complied with a court order to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu, as requested by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent elections.

Following a directive from the US district court for the northern district of Illinois over the weekend, CSU provided the requested academic records.

TheCable reports that the university confirmed that the format of the certificate in question matched Tinubu’s replacement dated June 27, 1997. However, the gender raises doubt. This is because Tinubu filled ”Male” and the university in the new document addressed him as ”Mr”, but some transcripts reportedly show ”F” which suggests ”Female”. This raises doubt in the issue.

However, Atiku and his legal team are following up on the issue after alleging serious discrepancies in Tinubu’s academic records. They also claim that those inconsistencies will help them prove that he was not fit to contest for President of Nigeria.

Recall that Tinubu made serious effort to block the release of his records but the US courts ruled in Atiku’s favour. Atiku and his legal team will now go ahead to prove their case concerning the inconsistencies they discovered.

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BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks APC Governor, Declares PDP Winner

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2 days ago

October 2, 2023

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BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks APC Governor, Declares PDP Winner

Tribunal has sacked an APC Governor and declared PDP winner.

News ToGo learned that the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, nullified the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, while delivering the judgment via zoom, said Emmanuel Ombudagu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is the winner.

Out of three members of the panel, two of the justices agreed that the election was won by the PDP while one judge disagreed. Ezekiel maintained that the petitioner was able to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt.

Meanwhile, former Governors Abdullahi Adamu and Tanko Al-makura were among other political dignitaries present at the court.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Abdullahi Sule the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa State in March.

Prof Ishaya Tanko, the INEC returning officer said that the APC candidate polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, David Ombugadu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 283, 016 votes.