All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sued by attorney Mike Enahoro-Ebah on charges of forging certificates, lying under oath, and inflating his age.
The attorney filed three distinct direct criminal complaints against the APC candidate with the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.
In the cases designated as CR/121/2022, CR/122/2022, and CR/123/2022, respectively, Tinubu is the only defendant.
The suits were brought in accordance with Sections 88(1), 89(3), 109(a), 110(c), 115(1)(b), and 119 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, as well as the court’s inherent jurisdiction and powers, which were guaranteed by Section 6(6)(a) of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999. The suits were dated November 9 and filed by the attorney on November 10, 2022 (as amended).
Enahoro-Eba alleged that documents obtained from the Chicago State University by his attorney in the United States, Matthew J. Kolwals, through a subpoena in 22-L-007289, contained information that contradict the material information provided by Tinubu in his sworn Form EC-9 Affidavit In Support of Personal Particulars submitted to INEC on June 17, 2022.
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In case number: CR/121/2022, Enahoro-Ebah alleged that Tinubu presented “a forged Chicago State University certificate to INEC with the intent that it may be acted upon as genuine, thereby committed the offence of forgery contrary to Sections 362(a), 363 and 364 of the Penal Code Act, Cap. 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”
Enahoro-Eba alleged that the copy of the Chicago State University Certificate released by the school “is radically different” from the copy attached to Tinubu’s sworn Form EC-9 submitted to INEC on June 17.
According to him, a direct comparison of both certificates revealed different dates of issue by the university (June 22, 1979, and June 27, 1979); different university logo on both certificates; different grammatical construction on the faces of the certificates, and different signatures, among others.
He claimed that a transcript from Southwest College, Chicago, bearing the name “Tinubu Bola A” and belonging to a female student, in contrast to Form EC-9 submitted to INEC which indicated that Tinubu is a man, was submitted in support of the defendant’s undergraduate admission application form submitted to Chicago State University in 1977.
The defence attorney added that, among other things, while the defendant did not mention attending the aforementioned Government College, Lagos on his Form EC-9 submitted to INEC, the Tinubu who attended the university did indicate in his undergraduate admission application form that he graduated from that institution in 1970.
