By Georgina Humphrey
Former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Gregory Obi, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come clean of his identity to lay rest his certificate saga.
He gave the advise at a media conference In Abuja
“Having followed the prolonged identity crisis that recently played out in the American Court System and the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the Chicago State University credentials of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I must confess that I am distressed as a Nigerian” the Labour party Presidential candidate stated”.
According to the former Anambra State Governor, in addition to the barrage of media frenzy that the matter has triggered at home and abroad, he has had the burden of responding to embarrassing questions about Nigeria’s overall credibility.
“To outsiders, the entire Chicago State University matter as well as Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s many other lingering identity question marks have further worsened Nigeria’s less-than-glorious image internationally”.
“Uninformed outsiders now see every other Nigerian as a potential fraudster, a forger, or identity thief. The controversy is unnecessary just as the global embarrassment could have been avoided”.
According to him, the President has the moral burden to make a public appearance to clear the cloud instead of speaking through aides.
“In my opinion, Chief Bola Tinubu should have saved the nation and himself this protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety”, Bola Tinubu owes the nation and the world a simple debt of obligation that only he can discharge”.
“It is integrity, morality, values, and the rule of law that defines the character of the Nation and its people. In his present capacity as the leader of a nation of over 200 million Nigerians, his true identity is a matter of grave national and international interest”.
“The people deserve to know for a certainty the true identity of their leader and this overrides whatever rights he may have to personal privacy. In addition, the international community deserves to know the true identity of the person with whom they will engage with in Nigeria” Mr. Obi stressed.
He should re-introduce himself to the nation he governs and to the world for the avoidance of further doubt.
“He should let the world know his name, nationality his place of birth, his parentage, the primary and secondary schools he attended with dates as well as the actual universities he attended and certificates obtained.
The personal identity of a leader is too sensitive and central to the functions of the office he currently occupies to be tried with, outsourced, or disguised under the cloak of officialdom.
Having stood for an election to the elevated public office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Bola Tinubu has implicitly undertaken to cede the rights of a private citizen in favour of a life of open disclosure of his true identity, and other circumstances that may be of public interest.
Edited By Grace Namiji
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