El-Rufai finally confirms knowledge of Tinubu’s Chicago State University scandals
By OUR REPORTER
Although Chicago State University (CSU) academic records of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are no longer speculations as a Certified True Copy (CTC) of deposition was issued by United States of America’s appeal court to the effect, the issue has once again come up in the battle ahead of 2027.
It will be recalled that The DEFENDER had regularly reported how President Tinubu started playing the 2027 politics immediately after assuming office on May 29, 2025, especially when he – along with his allies including Abdullahi Umar Ganduje – battled to allegedly “rob” the Kano State electorates of their mandate willingly given to Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) during the 2023 governorship election for the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate, Gawuna.
That crisis had since moved from politics leading to the Emirate tussle that has continued to rattle the nation’s political headquarters and commercial nerve centre till the present, with allegedly misinterpreted court rulings coming over an already delivered Court of Appeal verdict that not only upheld the repeal of Kano Emirate Council Law 2019 but also affirmed that Kano State Government has the powers to reappoint Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano.
Little did the president, the APC and their supporters remember the aspect of US appeal court judgment that confirmed certificate forgery against Mr. Tinubu and which, though the Supreme Court in Nigeria made him escape in 2023, would still matter in 2027 when they decided to demolish the very goodwill of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, and Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai which now requires the cat now be let out of the bag.
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai said he and his allies had hoped that President Tinubu would replicate his achievements in Lagos State at the national level reason he and his colleagues covered up the Chicago State University issues but that failed woefully.
El-Rufai explained that despite concerns about the President’s alleged certificate forgery from Chicago State University during the 2023 presidential election they backed him, believing he could transform Nigeria as he did Lagos.
“What pains me is that the government we supported and had confidence in would do well, because we saw what Tinubu did in Lagos despite his challenges,” El-Rufai told BBC Hausa in an interview on Saturday.
“We all know about his issues in Chicago, but we thought if he could replicate his work in Lagos for Nigeria, let’s support him. However, he failed,”
El-Rufai called on opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola, to unite under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to salvage the country.
“What I want and pray for is for all opposition leaders—Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola—to join the SDP,” he added.
El-Rufai also dismissed accusations that he betrayed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, stating that his past disagreements with Atiku during the Obasanjo administration were based on principle, not personal animosity.
“I never betrayed Atiku Abubakar because we didn’t meet in politics; we met at work. In work, if I see that he didn’t do well, whoever he is, I will tell him. I told Buhari, and I even took Buhari to court on the new naira issue,” he said.
“When Obasanjo and Atiku were having issues, those of us working with Obasanjo looked at the issues between them and said Obasanjo was more right. It was not about north and south; Obasanjo was right. Atiku and I are now together, and if I betrayed him, why are we together now.”
