The former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, on Saturday knocked trolls and critics of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over the controversy surrounding his primary and secondary school certificates.
The certificates scandal trended on social media from Friday night to the early hours of Saturday morning.
Tinubu had told the Independent National Electoral Commission that the academic certificates he received from his primary and secondary schools were missing.
The former Lagos governor further averred that he had two degrees from two American universities, which were allegedly stolen by ‘unknown soldiers’ during the military junta in 1994.
He made the disclosure in an affidavit submitted to the INEC as part of his eligibility filings for the 2023 presidential elections.
In the said affidavit, which was released on Friday, Tinubu left the columns for his primary and secondary education unticked.
It read, “I went on self-exile from October 1994 to October 1998. When I returned I discovered that all my property, including all the documents relating to my qualifications and my certificates in respect of paragraph three above, were looted by unknown persons.
“The truth is that the APC is always prepared. And when you are prepared for this kind of thing, there is always Option B, Option C and so on. In the worst-case scenario, there are capable people that can be substitutes. But we are prepared,” he stated.
Efforts made to reach the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Debo Ologunagba, proved abortive.
Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure and the LP running mate, Doyin Okupe, could also not be reached.
As of the time of filing this story, they neither returned the missed calls nor replied to the SMS sent.
