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Aisha Yesufu Reveals Why Politicians [b]And INEC [/b]Boast And Tell Opponents To ‘Go To Court’

Human Rights Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has claimed that many Nigerian politicians are confident of victory at the court, the reason they tells opponent after an election to go to court.

Naija News reports that challenging the outcome of an election has always been a norm in Nigeria, just like the victory of President Bola Tinubu, currently being challenged at the Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) by the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and his counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

However, the country has only recorded a few cases of a sitting politician losing the result being challenged in court.

In a post via Twitter on Sunday, Aisha Yesufu recalled how the Supreme Court declared that the Card Reader Machines deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2015 election were not admissible in court.

According to Aisha, many corrupt politicians continue to tell opponents to go to court after an election because they can influence the judiciary in their favour.

She tweeted, “In 2015, the Supreme Court declared that Card Reader is not admissible in the court and that took our democracy back.

“Many corrupt politicians continue to stay in office because they have the judiciary in their pockets. They boast and tell opponents to ‘Go to court”

tolue42:
Really? Then why don't you caution obideints running up and down across the world with insults. They even got so low insulting insulting Chicago government.

They are the lowest set of human being in Nigeria as at today

tolue42:
Did you read what FAROOQ A posted today which a page was created for it on nairaland today?? Go and read with open mind, and come back here

tolue42:
Hope you people will not drag the US court when the who thing favors Tinubu, which we believe will favor him

duro4chang:
My answer is this: The school said Tinubu attended the school. People like Omokri and Peroogi made enquires and they all agree he attended the school. What else are you still looking for. You saw the school year album with Timubu's picture. You don't need any other thing again. His academic records belong to him. You cannot go to my school and demand for my academic records without my consent. You may make enquiry if I attended the school or not but for you to ask for my academic records without my consent is not allowed.
Peter obi claimed he attended UNN but failed to submit the certificate for the election purpose, we don't fight him for that. He has his reason.

yarimo:
nope it's a waste of time to do that for illiterates

seunmsg:
Because you can’t shame the shameless.

yarimo:
Even if he print and distribute it to you and the whole of your family, as an hater and illiterate you will still doubt it. So need for TINUBU to waste his time with illiterates

Mynd44:
Ask Obama why he sealed his academic and passport records.

Why should I make the job of my opponents easier. If you want to prove that my records are false, I will make sure you run in circles for as long as possible.

What your eye dey find, you will explain well in court

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We will change the modalities so that people will get their delayed stipends, include more people and relaunch it with a renewed hope concept.

Scott was hired as president of Chicago State in 2018 in the predominantly black and brown university.

During the strike, faculty union president Valerie Goss said, “Our students come from Black and Brown communities.

“I don’t understand why it is that our students have to endure faculty who are being paid less than faculty at any other institution. This is not an equitable picture.”

Seven in ten students attending the school are black according to official records, which has set off a chain of negative reaction from the school and black communities as to why Scott a black woman, could earn such a huge bonus.

The President of the Chicago State University, Zaldwaynaka Scott, who has refused to release academic records of President Bola Tinubu being sought by his fierce presidential opponent, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been caught in a bonus scandal.

Scott was awarded a $50,000 bonus last month, considered unmerited according to professors and senior members of the school citing several strikes where they had pressed for a pay rise without fruition.

The president, receiving the pay, earned $500,000 in July for a full year in the school that the board justified refusal to increase staff pay due to underfunding and financial strain.

Professors at Chicago State University are reported to be among the lowest-paid public university faculty in the state and staged a 10-day strike in April to demand higher compensation.

According to the National Education Association, US, tenured professors at Chicago State University as of 2021 earned on average $88,000 a year.

In the lead up to the strike, the university said in a statement that, “CSU, like many universities across the country, is experiencing significant financial strain post pandemic.

“In 2023, we are anticipating a budget gap — and [faculty union] leaders are aware of the University’s financial situation,” it stated before the strike.

Scott was hired as president of Chicago State in 2018 in the predominantly black and brown university.

During the strike, faculty union president Valerie Goss said, “Our students come from Black and Brown communities.

“I don’t understand why it is that our students have to endure faculty who are being paid less than faculty at any other institution. This is not an equitable picture.”

Seven in 10 students attending the school are black according to official records, which has set off a chain of negative reaction from the school and black communities as to why Scott a black woman, could earn such a huge bonus.

It’s in Scott’s era that Tinubu who was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was issued a new certificate in 2022, which is part of the documents Atiku is seeking their authenticity.

Tinubu claimed he attended the university and tendered a certificate he said the university issued to him bearing 22nd June 1979 and another bearing 27th June 1979, according to findings by Atiku’s counsel Angela Liu, who made a deposition to a US court seeking full release of all documents linked to him in the university whose activities since Scott became president has been criticised as opaque and less than transparent.

Atiku also found that Tinubu received a replacement certificate in 2022, under Scott’s tenure as president who has now received what has been considered an unmerited bonus despite financial distress.

How the university could make enough funds to pay more than double her statutory bonus is also unknown at a time she has been under serious pressure to clear the university’s name about the controversy surrounding the Nigerian president.

In the past week, Nigerians took to social media to demand the release of Tinubu’s academic records. Scott, unable to contain the barrage of messages, locked her X account while the university also locked its X account to deny the public access to send messages to it.

Tinubu through his counsels has however argued that an unknown clerk was responsible for the discrepancies in his academic records in the school, the school under Scott has refused to clarify and provide full details of the scandal.

But Atiku picked holes in the defence through his lawyer, who argued that, “Document ‘A’ (first university issued) is signed by at least 3 people whereas ‘B’ (second certificate issued) is signed by only two people.

“The document marked ‘E’ states that Tinubu was issued a certificate on 22nd June 1979 but then proceeded to forward a copy of a certificate (‘B’) dated 27th June 1979.

“Please note that ‘A’ is actually dated 22nd June 1979, but this document did not emanate from CSU. Only ‘B’ did,” Atiku had argued his findings before the court.

He further argued that, “It is clear that either ‘A’ or ‘B’ is fake (if not both). You cannot have two certificates issued by the same university, to the same person, for the same course of study, but issued on different dates and signed by two different sets of people.

“The documents ‘A’ and ‘B’ both state that Tinubu graduated with a BSc in ‘Business AND Administration’, whereas document ‘E’ (which came from CSU) states that he graduated with a BSc in ‘Business Administration’.

Atiku further pointed out that one of the three persons who signed one of the certificates, Elnora D. Daniel, “was neither president of the university in 1979 – when the certificate was purportedly issued – nor was she president in 2022, when the replacement certificates were issued.”

Chicago State Board of Trustees Chair Andrea Zopp has however defends the bonus in a statement saying, “The Board noted wide-ranging accomplishments in their evaluation, including a full approval from the institution’s once-in-a-decade accreditation review, multi-prong student success strategy that has raised CSU’s retention and graduation rates, and increased federal funding for the University and neighbouring community.”

Kriss216:
Abacha still dey trek where Tinubu dey when it comes to corruption.

Psalmistproject:
Both are not really Nigerians so they care less about Nigeria

Goodvibes007:
Since when did ECOWAS equals to Bola Tinubu.

yarimo:
Hehehe remember eyes on the judiciary

helinues:
Are you envying our job? If yes come and take it

adekolaelect:
If you are called to prove and explain now . You will be Giutry like gaely fishes.