The Chicago State University has explained why it cannot disclose the primary and secondary schools attended by the All Progressives Congress (APC)presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The spokeswoman for Chicago State University, Lauren Finch, said American privacy regulations cover Tinubu’s academic records.
“We have checked with our legal department, and we cannot give you more than the information we have already provided,”
According to Peoples Gazette, Finch on Tuesday morning. “Mr Tinubu attended our school and graduated on June 22, 1979. We can only say when he came in and when he graduated.”
In an email sent to the above-mentioned publication, Chicago State University confirmed Tinubu as its student, graduating with a degree in business and administration on June 22, 1979.
KEMI FILANI NEWS recalls that Tinubu disclosed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he did not attend primary and secondary schools.
However, Tinubu noted his degree in business and administration in 1979 received from the Chicago State University.
He claimed he was on self-exile from October 1994 to October 1998, when unknown persons stole his credentials from his home before returning.
“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,” said Mr Tinubu.
The current claims made by the APC chieftain are at odds with his previous declarations. In 1999 and 2003, when Tinubu ran for office as a governorship candidate in Lagos, he claimed that he attended primary and secondary schools.
He said he attended St. Paul Children’s Home School, Ibadan, between 1958 to 1964, while his secondary education was at Government College, Ibadan, from 1965 to 1968. From Ibadan, Tinubu said he went to Richard Daley College, Chicago, from 1969 to 1971.
