Obi Urges PBAT To Clarify, Identity, Certicate Issues

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.

“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 stressed”.

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.

Edited By Grace Namiji