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I gotta admit. This one story shows the level of corruption in Nigeria and it makes you cry and laugh at the same time. The President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu, produced a fake diploma from Chicago State University to an election board in Nigeria that claims he graduated from the South Side institution in 1979. CSU officials have confirmed in court that Tinubu did indeed graduate from the university, but cannot confirm the authenticity of the diploma that has now been submitted into evidence in a federal court. U.S. District Judge Nancy Maldonado on Thursday issued a stay on an order that would have required CSU officials to provide documents from the University confirming or denying President Tinubu’s claims. The matter has thrusted CSU into an international political war, in which political opponents of Tinubu and many Nigerian citizens are calling for his removal from office. He was just elected to lead the country back in February.

Let me make this easy for you. The diploma itself is a fake. On the alleged diploma, the date of graduation is listed as June 27, 1979. The signature of the CSU president shows Elnora D. Daniel. I almost spit out my coffee I laughed so hard when I saw this. Dr. Daniel didn’t become the president of Chicago State until 1998. How do I know? Because I covered her inauguration and her first two years at Chicago State when I was a student reporter for the now defunct school newspaper TEMPO. Additionally, on the fake diploma, Dr. Niva Lubin is listed as the President of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Lubin did not even start serving on the board until 1996. I’ve known Dr. Lubin since my days as student at CSU and she is a lifelong resident of Chatham where I grew up.

Furthermore, in 1979, Dr. Daniel was working as a teaching assistant at Columbia University, according to her biography and the resume she submitted when she applied to become the president of Chicago State in 1998. Now 81, retired and living on the east coast, I’d love to know her reaction to the news that the President of Nigeria who is 71 himself claims she signed his diploma. The president of CSU in1979 was actually Dr. Benjamin H. Alexander, who died in 1997 and was the first African American to serve in that role at CSU.

In 1979, Dr. Lubin, now married and going by the name Lubin-Johnson, well she wasn’t even a doctor in 1979. She didn’t become a physician until 1984. So how two signatures of people who were not working at CSU came to be on a document that the president of Nigeria is trying to sell as legit isn’t really a mystery. It is a lie. It is deceit. It is part of what is ruining many African nations and the world as a whole; corruption.

Other inaccuracies on the fake diploma that can easily be spotted by anyone who ever attended CSU, the University logo is all wrong for that time period. Again, I know this because the logo on the fake diploma is the one that was controversial when it was changed in 1999. Myself and my fellow student journalists at TEMPO wrote a story about the change in the school symbol because those against it said it was a waste of money. They claimed changing all the school letterhead and signage to the new symbol would remove financial resources from other needs. President Daniel thought the change would be better marketing for the University so the change was approved by the Board. The University symbol in 1979 was a triangle with two bars. The bars represent the growth of the institution, starting as Chicago Teachers College, then Chicago State College (1967) and eventually Chicago State University (1971). I know this because I had to read that stupid handbook like all freshmen and you learn about the history of the school.

CSU attorney Michael Hayes said the University is prepared to do whatever the court asks of it. He said this international controversy has brought unwanted and unfair publicity to the school. I would debate that claim as CSU does enough stupid stuff that brings bad publicity to itself. However, I must admit, for now at least, it seems that CSU is a victim here of a Nigerian scammer. It wouldn’t be the first time an American institution fell victim to scammers in Africa.

The end is possibly near for President Tinubu, at least in terms of his presidency, if justice actually prevails in Nigeria. When Judge Maldonado makes her ruling next week, in which it is expected that CSU will turnover documents that shows his true student records, the courts in Nigeria will have a decision to make. They either remove their leader for violating laws in Nigeria or look the other way. I hope they understand the whole world will be watching too. Especially at CSU. Nigerians and everyone else deserve the truth. If Tinubu is willing to fake a diploma, what else is he willing to do?

JagabanB:
When the world look at u guys talking about same issues repeatedly for months without any solid proof other than stories from beer parlor and attention seekers, they see why the country is backward and they finally realize Nîgeriàns are not as smart as they were made to believe initially.

ideynl1:


Exactly.

The world will be laughing at a country whose president is going to court to stop his certificate from being authenticated.

Tinubu has made Nigeria look like a joke.

Toks2008:


https://citylawyermag.com/tinubus-certificate-is-fake-says-chicago-varsity-graduate/

duro4chang:
Trash! Only the CSU can say that not a graduate of the school from no where.

YouandiAllofus:
This international embarrassment is becoming too much.
Please Mr. President, resign honourably and save the country from shame.
You are already famous, popular, influencial, wealthy and God has blessed you with old age and lovely family around you too.
Please add a good reputation

JagabanB:
When the world look at u guys talking about same issues repeatedly for months without any solid proof other than stories from beer parlor and attention seekers, they see why the country is backward and they finally realize Nîgeriàns are not as smart as they were made to believe initially.

JagabanB:

Academic records is different from certificate.
LOL.
Most of u just follow the herd without knowing what's going on.
I will go at any length to stop my former school from releasing my academic records.
U can continue to cry.

kunle4toyeyaho:
you dey mind them? It is obvious Tinubu graduated from CSU. The deposition to an affidavit by CSU is a solid proof. Let them continue displaying their ignorance

CharleyBright:
We know.
The only people who deliberately don't want to know or accept are the Yorubas defending Tinubu criminality.
This is the real time for Yorubas to genuinely Ronu".

Yorubas should Ronu if they want to brazenly lie and defend Tinubu and become deceits in the eye of other Nigerians
OR
If they want to speak the truth and disassociate themselves from a forger and a criminal and be seen as an honest tribe.
Yoruba Ronu.
The time has come

NothingDoMe:
Most institutions ask for transcripts due to rampant fake certificates and to correctly assess a degree/diploma.

I don't see how CSU can dodge forever. They better pick a scapegoat that was involved in this oluwole saga and save the reputation of their school.

wrongnumber:


How on earth do some people reason?

Are you sure Tinubu has not casted a spell on his supporters?

Did you read what you post?

How on earth does it not sound strange to you that an institution can not make a deposition that a certificate was issued by them but made a deposition to an affidavit?

May GOD deliver you and other Tinubu supporters from Dead brain syndrome.

Christistruth03:



Chicago State University’s Accounting Department yearbook of 1979

Is Tinubu’s Photo there or not?

Yes or No?

JagabanB:

Academic records is different from certificate.
LOL.
Most of u just follow the herd without knowing what's going on.
I will go at any length to stop my former school from releasing my academic records.
U can continue to cry.

NothingDoMe:
Most institutions ask for transcripts due to rampant fake certificates and to correctly assess a degree/diploma.

I don't see how CSU can dodge forever. They better pick a scapegoat that was involved in this oluwole saga and save the reputation of their school.

Spirit04:
The certificate was reissued according to Chicago State University. Tinubu said his home was looted in 1994. When was running for office of governor, he applied for a new copy from the school and they said they issued him a new one because they don't keep copies of students certificates. Who was supposed to sign the reissued document?
The people working at the university at that time or the ones that used to work there in 1979 that are now probably dead or retired?

kunle4toyeyaho:
you dey mind them? It is obvious Tinubu graduated from CSU. The deposition to an affidavit by CSU is a solid proof. Let them continue displaying their ignorance

kunle4toyeyaho:
Wounded obidient. Do you remember the CSU had declared the certificate as ceremonial?By the time the case progresses you will understand clerical errors are different from perjury.Moreover,PBAT had asked the CSU to release his certificate to Atiku,why does he need other personal records? Tinubu submitted only CSU certificate, Atiku's findings should be limited to certificate alone.Atiku should go and rest, Tinubu is a graduate of CSU.

Toks2008:


He allowed his ambition to cloud his sense of reasoning.

He ought to have remained a king maker which ofcourse is a position more powerful than kings.

To be fair and honest, I am not judging Tinubu for his past, most people had to do what they had to just to survive.

But people with such a past do not aspire to be in the position Tinubu is presently. Nigerians are too intelligent for such to happen.

Now I believe the words of our elders who say "it is a taboo for a king maker to aspire the position of a king"

Now I also understand that GOD is a silent judge.... He allowed Tinubu to spend so much to get to that position just to expose and disgrace him.

Now we are not interested in him getting removed anymore but this exposure is good enough and by the time the CIA and FBI start releasing his records from next month, the world will laugh at Nigeria.

And lastly for Tinubu supporters, I have nothing much to say than to say congratulations, you have finally exposed yourselves as people with no integrity, you have confirmed that indeed we still have people who will lose their essence to support a conspicuous fraud but as they say, you are what you stand for.

This is why I no longer waste my time quoting or responding to any Tinubu supporters cos they are not worth it.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.