PDP Gives Reasons Tinubu Can’t Escape Disqualification at Tribunal

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Ahead of today’s commencement of the defence of the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the presidential election petition tribunal, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has given four reasons why President Bola Tinubu could not escape disqualification.

In a post from its publicity directorate, the PDP said Tinubu  acquired a Guinean Citizenship, which was  against the constitution, and that there was no disclosure by him, which makes it a constitutional offence.
PDP, in the post, further said Tinubu forfeited $460,000 due to drug-related offences and also that there was no closure about it, adding: “He did not disclose the aforementioned facts to INEC.”

The PDP explained that it was relying on the fact that President Tinubu submitted forged Chicago University Certificate to INEC.
The post stated: “More details on the ongoing petition of the PDP and Its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Appeal Court, Abuja.

“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its Presidential Candidate, H.E. Atiku Abubakar,  on Friday 23-06-23 closed its case, after calling 27 witnesses in total and submitting truckloads of documents to establish that Atiku Abubakar defeated Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC in the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election, and that taking into account the cancelled Polling Units, the elections should have been declared inconclusive and supplementary elections (re-run) scheduled by INEC.

“PDP/Atiku also produced documents and witnesses that gave evidence to show that INEC compromised its own election by failing to transmit results in real-time as INEC Chairman, Mahmud Yakubu promised Nigerians after collecting over N200 billion for the same purpose.
“INEC, APC and Bola Tinubu, objected to all the documents tendered, including the ones sourced directly from INEC itself as certified true copies (CTC), but reserved their reasons for objection until later. INEC lawyers opposing INEC documents being tendered is a major red flag that shows compromises but all the documents were accepted by the Presidential Election Petition Court as evidence.”

The post stated that the PDP/Atiku lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, on Friday, added to the homework of the respondents’ lawyers by tendering key documents that showed that Tinubu was not qualified to run for office abinitio.

According to the PDP, “The documents sourced from INEC as submitted by Bola Tinubu with his INEC Forms EC13A and EC9 are APC Party Membership Card in the name of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Certificate of Service from Mobil Oil.

“NYSC Certificate of Exemption belonging to one Tinubu Bola Adekunle upon graduation in 1979 (at which time the NYSC exemption was not yet in effect.)Certificate from Chicago State University.

“Further documents tendered through the PDP/Atiku’s witness, Mike Enahoro-Ebah to challenge the INEC certified documents were CTCs of documents forwarded by a Notary Public in Chicago, USA through a subpoena:

“An Original Letter issued by the Chicago State University to the Witnesses’ Counsel in the USA (a colleague and friend who offered to help Nigerians in the Matter pro bono), undergraduate Form filled at the time of entrance into the Chicago State University showing a different name other than Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Transcript from the Southwest College, (all documents showing that the graduate was female), a Guinean international passport in the name of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and CTC of the judgement on the drug trafficking case in Chicago leading to a forfeiture of $460,000 by Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the party stated.