Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February election, Peter Obi, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to unveil his true identity to save the image of the country.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Obi said the Chicago State University saga certificate and the lingering identity question marks of the president have worsened the country’s “less-than-glorious image internationally. ”
He said uninformed outsiders now see every other Nigerian as a potential fraudster, certain forger, or identity thief, adding that the controversy is unnecessary just as the implicit global embarrassment.
“In my opinion, Chief Bola Tinubu should have saved the nation and himself from this protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety.
“Even this late in the day, however, Chief Bola Tinubu still owes the nation and the world a simple debt of obligation that only he can discharge. I call on him to immediately and personally mount the rostrum of his present high office to perform a simple task once and for all time.
“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.
“He should indicate clearly where and when he did his National Youth Service. In addition, if at any time he has had a change of name, he should clearly state so and the circumstances. That, in itself, is no crime.
“This simple task should take no more than a few minutes. It requires no affidavits, prolonged court processes, spokespersons, agents, or surrogates. This task is one that only Chief Bola Tinubu himself through a direct personal statement can perform. He must perform this task urgently in order to lay to rest, once and for the last time, the many lingering doubts and valid speculations about his true identity,” Mr Obi said.
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