Westberg also confirmed one Adeniji was Tinubu’s classmate at Chicago State University
By Kehinde Okeowo
The registrar of Chicago State University (CSU), Caleb Westberg has confirmed that the letter of admission from the institution to President Bola Tinubu was issued to a male student.
He made this known while speaking in the court on Tuesday, where he also claimed that the president applied to the institution as a male.
Westberg said: “President Tinubu applied to the university as a male and a letter of admission was issued to a male.”
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The registrar added: “My statement that Mr. Bola Tinubu graduated from CSU was based on the transcripts in our possession.
“I have never met Bola Tinubu. I have never seen him. He did not visit our campus. He does not donate money to the school.
“In the US, Diplomas are considered merely ceremonial documents. In some other countries, it may be considered more. In the US, more reliance is placed on transcripts and not on Diplomas.
“I did not rely on information from public records to come to the conclusion that President Bola Tinubu is the person who attended CSU. I am not aware that the FBI contacted CSU on whether Bola Tinubu attended CSU.
“Between 1979 and when I assumed duties, CSU must have had at least 6 Registrars. I never spoke to Ms. Davies. Some policies have changed over the years. When there is a replacement Diploma, it is done by outside vendors. I don’t know who created Exhibit # 6.
“The institution decided that my name should not be typed on the ‘To whom it may concern’ letter because of the sheer volume of requests I was getting.
“Before CSU, I was at UC, Berkeley and UC, Irving. I’m sure people make mistakes in data entry from time to time. Before this lawsuit, I didn’t know anyone called Bola.
“It was possible that someone assumed Bola to be a female and therefore marked the SouthWest Transcript as such.”
Westberg also confirmed that one Olajide Adeniji was President Tinubu’s classmate at Chicago State University.
Speaking on the subject, he said: ”I don’t know if Atiku Abubakar is male or female but I heard is a male. I can’t tell by his name. I checked the record and confirmed that Olajide Adeniji and Bola Tinubu were at CSU at the same time.
“The person (Olajide) said he ran in a closely-contested race against Bola Tinubu for the leadership of the Accounting Student Union.
”I see that he said the same person he ran against is now the president of Nigeria.”
