The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) officially smoothened his name from Siddiq Abubakar to Atiku Abubakar, according to a declaration of oath sworn in August 1973 and obtained by Peoples Gazette.

“That in the year 1965, I changed my name to Siddiq Abubakar; That I wish to be known, addressed and called Atiku Abubakar; That all documents bearing my former names remain valid,” Mr Abubakar declared at the Chief Magistrate’s Court Registry in Lagos on August 18, 1973.

The document clarified how the former vice-president was previously known as Atiku Abubakar before he briefly used Siddiq Abubakar and then switched back to Atiku Abubakar, which he has not altered ever since.

Mr Abubakar was a deputy preventive superintendent with the Nigeria Customs Service in Apapa, Lagos, when he swore to the affidavit before the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Apapa.

Questions about Mr Abubakar’s previous use of Siddiq were recently exhumed by aides and supporters of President Bola Tinubu, who have been looking for ways to shift global attention from the Nigerian leader for engaging in a well-documented pattern of forgery and fictitious claims under oath.

Atiku Abubakar's affidavit



Mr Tinubu’s supporters have been circulating documents that showed Mr Abubakar took the West African Examination (WAEC) in the 60s using “Siddiq”, in an attempt to discredit the PDP candidate who aims to overturn Mr Tinubu’s victory at the Supreme Court presenting a fake certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission in violation of the Nigerian Constitution.

Mr Abubakar, last Thursday, furnished the apex court with fresh evidence that Mr Tinubu submitted a forged Chicago State University (CSU) certificate to INEC shortly after the school’s registrar Caleb Westberg stated under oath that he could not authenticate the document because the institution did not issue it.

Additionally, the school assumed the A in Bola A. Tinubu’s name was Ahmed, according to the deposition on October 3, where Mr Westberg was questioned for more than five hours by Mr Abubakar’s attorneys, led by Angela Liu of Chicago-based Dechert LLP. This further fuelled rumours of identity fraud because other documents that belonged to Mr Tinubu showed he answered Bola Adekunle Tinubu.

Even before The Gazette obtained the 1973 affidavit, Mr Abubakar’s supporters had maintained the opposition leader did not do anything wrong, and definitely not on the scale of the president’s widespread contradictions that many categorised as bordering on criminality.

But Mr Tinubu’s aides accused Mr Abubakar of using another person’s WAEC certificate to enrol in public service, although people of the northern extraction said Siddiq Abubakar was a common usage across the region even until now.

Mr Abubakar retired from the Nigerian Customs Service in 1989, subsequently moving into the private sector while playing key roles in the country’s political journey ever since.

Mr Abubakar’s supporters also recirculate his photos with his classmates from high school in Adamawa and challenge Mr Tinubu to show a photo of him with his classmates.

In 1999, the Old Students Association of Government College Ibadan cancelled a dinner scheduled in Mr Tinubu’s honour after establishing that he was never a student there, contrary to his claim under oath.

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Na this one my Christian friend Osimen go shout " miracle no dey tire Jesus" Tinubu and Atiku don finally disqualify each other.

No case for APC then

You were Atiku Abubakar, yet when it got to time for you to write WAEC, you swapped your name to Siddiq.

Once that was OK, you switched back to Atiku Abubakar.

Criminal.

Thief pursuing thief. If not for Pandora expos and money laundering case against Obi he would have been the last man standing

FuglyGurl:


https://gazettengr.com/atiku-abubakar-legally-regularised-name-from-siddiq-abubakar-50-years-ago-in-lagos-august-1973-affidavit-shows/

Is it not obvious who is bankrolling gazette?

We want to see the affidavit.

Roboto11:
You were Atiku Abubakar, yet when it got to time for you to write WAEC, you swapped your name to Siddiq.

Once that was OK, you switched back to Atiku Abubakar.

Criminal.

Lots of people change name everyday . The most important thing is for you to follow due process..swear affidavit to that effect ...our law accepts it . I know a guy that used his maternal name as surname ...he even graduated with it . Recently he has gone to change name . Like I said those in doubt of atiku claim should go to court ..get court orde4 to find out if the sidik was actually same atiku . Conspiracy theory doesn't work .. Atiku never claimed to attend Chicago State University...he never stopped anyone from.visiting waec to confirm unlike tinubu asking court to stop him from accessing his document

supporters of APC doing everything to deflate the shame of Tinubu's forgeries on them.

greggng:



Lots of people change name everyday . The most important thing is for you to follow due process..swear affidavit to that effect ...our law accepts it . I know a guy that used his maternal name as surname ...he even graduated with it . Recently he has gone to change name . Like I said those in doubt of atiku claim should go to court ..get court orde4 to find out if the sidik was actually same atiku . Conspiracy theory doesn't work .. Atiku never claimed to attend Chicago State University...he never stopped anyone from.visiting waec to confirm unlike tinubu asking court to stop him from accessing his document

People don't change name strictly for WAEC.
Is his name Siddiq or Atiku?
Which is it?

slivertongue:
supporters of APC doing everything to deflate the shame of Tinubu's forgeries on them.

The apex court will trash atiku

You dey mind those druggies spewing thrash. Dem think say na everybody be First Class criminal like their druggie master.

garfield1:


The apex court will trash atiku

the supreme Court didn't fill GCL. It will stick regardless

Roboto11:


People don't change name strictly for WAEC.
Is his name Siddiq or Atiku?
Which is it?

The affidavits he swore to that effect in 1973 answers all the question . Like u said go to court and prove your case . Atiku wrnt to court ...ofcorse you know you have no case ...cos you are not the parents if atiku to know all his names...I would ve questioned him if he eventually moved from atiku to another name after initially changing his name to atiku abubakar . Let's sort out tinubu first...and when you go to court on atiku ...wr can now focus on him

Don't mind them. APC and Agbodorians just want to divert our attention from the certificate saga

From The Look of Things, it's Only Peter Obi That Seems Qualify and Fit to Rule Nigeria.
Men Mount Ooo

slivertongue:


the supreme Court didn't fill GCL. It will stick regardless

Nothing will stick son.the new evidence will not even be admitted

greggng:


The affidavits he swore to that effect in 1973 answers all the question . Like u said go to court and prove your case . Atiku wrnt to court ...ofcorse you know you have no case ...cos you are not the parents if atiku to know all his names...I would ve questioned him if he eventually moved from atiku to another name after initially changing his name to atiku abubakar . Let's sort out tinubu first...and when you go to court on atiku ...wr can now focus on him

Oga, simple question.

Is he Siddiq or Atiku?

What was his birth name?

When did he become Siddiq?

No long thing.

Roboto11:


Oga, simple question.

Is he Siddiq or Atiku?

What was his birth name?

When did he become Siddiq?

No long thing.

He has answered you by his affidavit...if you are not happy with that go to court ...full stop .

garfield1:


Nothing will stick son.the new evidence will not even be admitted

new evidence regardless. GCL is a forgery. Supreme Court is supreme to Nigeria but not supreme to what is in the open on the international stage. It's a shame to all of us.

greggng:


He has answered you by his affidavit...if you are not happy with that go to court ...full stop .

Why are you hesitant to explain what should be a simple issue.

slivertongue:


new evidence regardless. GCL is a forgery. Supreme Court is supreme to Nigeria but not supreme to what is in the open on the international stage. It's a shame to all of us.

Which one is gcl? It is forgery only if the court declares so

Roboto11:


People don't change name strictly for WAEC.
Is his name Siddiq or Atiku?
Which is it?

You're just frantically grasping at straws..
What sort of infantile question are you asking?
Is it a crime to change name legally?
Mr man, don't distract Nigerians with nonsense; allow us to focus on exposing further the criminal druggie.

Roboto11:


Why are you hesitant to explain what should be a simple issue.

I don't know what you want ...but I xanot ve stupid to be going back and forth over a simple matter

Atiku said his name was siddiq as evident in his waec ...but he decided to change his name ...according to our law he didn't commit ant offense ...you want me to sit down and start asking atiku why dis you change your name ..visit our news paper stand ...there is advert for all those thst change names ...you will always see...I mr Adekunle James wishes to be now addressed as oyebanji James amawo...all previous document remains valid ... your question us irrelevant and mischievous...you are an interloper in atiku private life ..I here by stroke out your case for lack of merit ...

Oluwole affidavit 😂
These gazette people are PDP's paid hacks.


Meanwhile. BBC released today:
There is no evidence that the diploma Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to the country's electoral commission was forged, the BBC's Global Disinformation Team has found.

ResidentSnitch:

You're just frantically grasping at straws..
What sort of infantile question are you asking?
Is it a crime to change name legally?
Mr man, don't distract Nigerians with nonsense; allow us to focus on exposing further the criminal druggie.

Simple question:

Is he Siddiq or Atiku.

Your epistle is unnecessary.

Roboto11:

Simple question:
Is he Siddiq or Atiku.
Your epistle is unnecessary.

No, he's name is Tunde. Go to court.

ResidentSnitch:

No, he's name is Tunde.
Go to court.

Tell Siddiq he's on a long thing.

garfield1:


Which one is gcl? It is forgery only if the court declares so

The court is not the creator of GCL or the false claim made by Tinubu. regardless of what the court says Tinubu is officially a forger, he lied under oath. I had doubted the accusations but with what he filled with his handwriting i now believe he is what he is accused of.

I don't have time for this pre-election matter

But Atiku is funny sha ...."that you who was born Atiku changed your name to Sadiqq in 1965" why na 1973 you tell us...where is the official change of name in 1965?



E just be like make person accuse Tinubu say why F dey your form in 1977 and he go court go do affidavit say me o wey na M I dey use from birth became F in 1970 and now I wan go back to M "


Na you sabi Mr Atiku Kojoli