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  • Reno Omokri mocks Tinubu, says “emilokan, where are your certificates”

    Former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan and activist Pastor, Reno Omokri over the weekend took on APC presidential flag bearer, Ahmed Tinubu demanding he shows his certificate.

    Hear him:

    Emilokan, where are your certificates? The only reason Tinubu now claims that he did not attend any primary or secondary school is that if he comes clean about his early education, it will expose other lies he has told Nigerians about his true age and name.

    Tinubu, what is your real name and age?

    How could Tinubu have been accepted to a university without prerequisite certificates? Tell us the names of your primary and secondary schools so we can track your classmates.

    Are Nigerians going to vote for a man who did not exist until he miraculously jumped primary and secondary school and went straight to university? A ghost? Bola Tinubu show us your certificates!

    Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, has told the electoral commission INEC that he didn’t attend primary and secondary schools.

    The former Lagos governor, however, claimed he had two degrees from two American universities, which he further stated had been stolen by unknown soldiers during the military junta of the 1990s.

    The disclosures came in an affidavit submitted by Mr Tinubu to the electoral office as part of his eligibility filings for the 2023 presidential elections.

    The documents released on Friday showed Mr Tinubu left the columns for his primary and secondary education unmarked. But he said he obtained a degree in business and administration in 1979, apparently referring to his previous claims of attending the Chicago State University.

    “I went on self-exile from October 1994 to October 1998. When I returned I discovered that all my property, including all the documents relating to my qualifications and my certificates in respect of paragraph three above, were looted by unknown persons.

    “My house was a target of a series of searches by various security agents from the time the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was forced to adjourn following the military takeover of the government of 17th November 1993.

  • APC Primaries: 2,322 delegates converge in Abuja to elect presidential flag bearer

    No fewer than 2,322 delegates from 36 states and the FCT have converged in the city of Abuja to elect a flag bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 general elections.

    Newsmen reports that the party’s special national convention has been scheduled for June 6 to 8.

    Twenty-three aspirants are jostling to clinch the coveted position, although efforts are on by the party, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to come up with a likely consensus flag bearer.

    In North West, a state by state analysis of the delegates shows that Kano has 132; Kaduna, 69; Katsina, 102; Kebbi, 63; Jigawa, 81; Sokoto, 69, while Zamfara has 42.

    In North East, Taraba has 48; Bauchi, 60; Adamawa, 63; Gombe, 33; Borno, 81, while Yobe has 51 delegates.

    Similarly, in South East, Abia has 51 delegates, Anambra, 63; Ebonyi, 39; Enugu, 51 and Imo, 81.

    In South West, Lagos has 60; Ogun, 60; Ondo, 54; Ekiti, 48; Oyo, 99 and Osun, 90.

    In South-South, Akwa Ibom has 93; Cross River, 54; Bayelsa, 24; Delta, 75; Rivers, 69 and Edo has 57.

    In North Central, Kwara has 48; Kogi, 63; Niger, 75; Nasarawa, 39; Plateau, 51; Benue, 66, while FCT has 18.

    The Chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Abubakar Atiku of Kebbi State, who is also the Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, has promised a hitch-free exercise.

    Newsmen observed that, while all major hotels in the city and its environs had been fully booked, there had been a spike in vehicular traffic.

    The FCT Police command had also announced traffic diversions, affecting many routes leading to Eagle Square, the venue of the epoch event.

    The spokesperson for the command, DSP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement that it had also mapped out an operational order.

    This, she said, was to allow maximum deployment of human and material resources for the success of the convention.