Tinubu graduated from Chicago State University — Omokri reacts to fresh allegations

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s academic credentials amid renewed allegations questioning whether the president attended and graduated from Chicago State University.

The controversy resurfaced on Sunday after a former lecturer at the US institution, Dr Pearse Adetokumbo, claimed that Tinubu was never a student there.

Adetokumbo, who said he worked at Chicago State University between 1985 and 1990, made the allegation during an interview on News Central TV, claiming he found no evidence that the Nigerian leader graduated from the institution.

He also accused Tinubu of using a false identity and alleged that the president knew about the purported certificate forgery.

However, Omokri dismissed the allegations in a statement posted on his official X handle on Monday, insisting that Tinubu attended and graduated from Chicago State University.

The ambassador said he personally visited the university to establish the authenticity of the president’s academic credentials.

“I visited Chicago State University and established that President Tinubu was admitted, studied there and graduated from the institution.

“I urge Nigerian journalists to stop spreading unverified claims from television studios and instead travel to Chicago, as I did, to independently verify the facts,” he wrote.