Disturbed by the desperation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to frustrate the suit in Chicago, United States of America (USA), seeking the disclosure of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the party to come clean before it is too late.
Making the charge in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, PDP said the ruling party’s desperation to conceal Tinubu’s real identity and academic records is worrisome.
PDP said there must be something of interest to Nigerians about the president’s identity and academic records that his lawyers are struggling so hard to hide.
According to the PDP, the Application by Tinubu’s lawyers urging the US District Court of Illinois not to release his academic details at the Chicago State University is in direct conflict with his public declarations to the effect that his academic records are impeccable.
“The PDP recalls that President Tinubu had in a public function openly asserted to Nigerians that “I was one of those most recruited graduates of my university, multiple honours, First Class Degree and I have the reference point.”
“Given the above assertion, the PDP therefore holds that the plea by the lawyers that the details of his academic record should not be released is a great disservice to President Tinubu in particular and Nigeria in general.
“This desperation to conceal vital information is consistent with APC’s penchant for trickery and underhand dealings in their transactions with Nigerians, which has heightened under the Abdullahi Ganduje leadership.
“By appointing Dr Ganduje as its National Chairman, despite the malodorous corruption and bribery allegations against him in the public domain, the APC further confirms itself as not only being a cesspit of corruption but also as irredeemably given to concealment and condonement of depravity, sleaze and mendacious acts.
“Moreover, it is curious that the APC has remained silent on allegations and public apprehension of sabotage in the Monday, September 25, 2023, fire outbreak at the Supreme Court, which is suspected to have been an arsonist attack with the intent to cripple and frustrate the Supreme Court in the handling of the Presidential Election Appeals pending before it.
“The APC must in the least acknowledge the desirability and moral duty placed on it to encourage, insist, and ensure that it is transparent with Nigerians and indeed the world. Failure to discharge this duty to Nigerians is condemnable.
“The litany of probes, inquiries, and investigations which were instituted on various matters without reports under the APC since 2015 validates the above.
“It is clear that the APC is a major threat to our Nation’s Democracy. The PDP calls on all men of goodwill across our country and beyond to stand firm in the defence of Democracy, transparency, and the rule of law in Nigeria, especially at this critical time.”
