President Tinubu, on Tuesday, opened his defence at the presidential election court in the case filed by Atiku to challenge his victory in the 25 February election.
on Tuesday presented his academic records before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja.
Subsequently, he filed a petition before the court on 21 March, urging it to overturn Mr Tinubu’s victory because of alleged fraudulent academic and criminal records, among other issues, including electoral malpractices. In 2003, the then Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, now deceased, had written to the U.S. Consular General in Lagos, requesting if Mr Tinubu had any criminal record in the U.S.
In the reply dated 4 February 2003, a legal attache at the U.S. Consulate, Michael H. Bonner, disclosed, “The results of the checks were negative for any criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
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