Obaseki says Atiku just keen to get Tinubu’s CSU records in the public interest
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Atiku Abubakar is determined to lay hands on Bola Tinubu’s records at Chicago State University (CSU) so as to expose the President’s alleged identity fraud to Nigerians, says Pedro Obaseki, former Director of Research and Documentation of defunct the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation.
Obaseki made the point on a Zoom conference hosted on Monday by psychologist Gold Emmanuel, a professor who is based in London.
He said Tinubu is fighting to prevent disclosure of biodata and academic records which he admitted in the US court the gender controversy and other facts therein would cause “severe and irreparable harm” to his reputation.
Obaseki warned a shocker awaits Nigerians when details of Tinubu’s academic records are made public by CSU because the real owner of the certificate he has been laying claim to will be shown.
“Nigerians will be more demoralised that the owner of the certificate that President Tinubu is parading is a woman. We already know it as a fact, but we are seeking the release of the documents officially by CSU,” he said.
Obaseki expressed confidence that the documents, when released, may compel the Supreme Court to consider fresh evidence in support of petitions currently before it.
“Even when the court of first instance and the appellate court have convicted someone to death and minutes before the Supreme Court gives it’s final judgment and there arises a fresh and compelling facts and evidence, the apex court is bound to listen to the fresh facts before making it’s final judgment.
“It is an unwritten proviso that where there is a compelling factual facts other than what is already obtained in the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), that the Supreme Court will be bound to accept the new facts of law and rule on them.”
He took a swipe at the judgment delivered by the PEPC, which he described as short of bringing justice to a majority of right thinking Nigerians.
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Obaseki insists Abuja is not a state, explains why
Obaseki argued the interpretation of the law by the PEPC with regards to the position of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was an attempt to manufacture evidence, per reporting by Vanguard.
“Abuja cannot be called a state. A state as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution must have a state Assembly of its own. A state must have a Governor. Abuja as presently constituted is not a state.
“The FCT or Abuja as the case may be is patterned after Washington in the United States of America. It is such made so that no one part of the country can claim it. It is home to all Nigerians.
“The FCT was carved out of Niger State, Kogi State, Benue State and Nasarawa State. It cannot be declared a state by the PEPC.
“The PEPC cannot amend the 1999 Constitution through the back door. There are processes to do that. This is one important issue that the Supreme Court must address.”
Obaseki accused Tinubu of halting national development through his knee jerk approach to economic issues.
“In one full swoop of three words, he removed the fuel subsidy without caring about the consequences to the already multi-dimensional poverty in Nigeria. He devalued the naira among other policies that has negatively affected the economy.”
He insisted the Supreme Court has a moral obligation to ensure Nigerians irrespective of social status get justice.
Obaseki echoed Atiku’s position of rejecting any form of military intervention because democracy, despite its imperfections, remains the best form of government.
He demanded the prosecution of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, whom he accused of complicity in the current travails of Nigerians when he allegedly manipulated the electoral process to give the All Progressives Congress (APC) unmerited victory.
“INEC abandoned all the policies it advocated that would ensure a free and fair election in the country.
“Is it not curious that two elections took place same day, same time, one result was transmitted electronically and the other was not?”