Obi insists crooks and certificate forgers can’t ensure fairness and justice
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Peter Obi has reiterated that crooks and certificate forgers are too unscrupulous to mean well and lead Nigeria on the path of righteousness to ensure fairness and justice in the land.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) was taking a dig at Bola Tinubu who became President under dodgy circumstances now made worse by the allegation of certificate forging engulfing him.
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) affirmed Tinubu’s election on September 6 as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to the amazement of Obi who has appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
Chicago State University (CSU) that Tinubu claimed to have attended in the 1970s has just released his academic records at the behest of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who has also appealed to the PEPC judgment to the Supreme Cout.
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Tinubu’s CSU documents
The Chicago papers came up with a lot of discrepancies which confirmed some of Atiku’s allegation that Tinubu forged his certificate.
Obi riposted on Arise Television that while it is not necessary to have the best educational qualification, a person must be honest and honourable about his or her past to be a great leader, per Vanguard.
His words: “On the issue of qualification, I never said anything with regard to improving the degree or doing this. The issue of qualification is the issue of leaders making statements, doing things that are honest and truthful. This is an issue of honour and integrity. It is the foundation on which you build society.
“If you look at what is happening in Nigeria today, there are so many issues of certification, age, all sorts of, one falsification or another, all over with the leaders.
“There is no way people can be doing this and be able to do the right things, because that means they are living a falsified life, and that is not good morally and a sign it should be giving to the society.
“You don’t necessarily need to have all the degrees in the world to be great, but you need to be honourable about your past so we can know where exactly you are and everything.
“The world abounds by great people who have poor past and no education, and that formed part of their greatness.”