In a statement released today, Babatunde Gbadamosi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deputy governorship candidate for Lagos State, has challenged President Bola Tinubu’s claimed educational background. Gbadamosi alleges that Tinubu never attended the institutions that he has linked to his academic history.
According to Gbadamosi, Tinubu did not study at Chicago State University, a claim echoed by former lecturer Dr Pearse Adetokunbo. Adetokunbo has publicly accused Tinubu of falsely presenting himself as a former student of the American university, and has also accused Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa of misleading Nigerians by defending the claim that Tinubu studied there.
Gbadamosi also disputes Tinubu’s purported graduation from Government College Lagos in 1970, stating that the school was not established until 1974. He added that he attended the college in 1978 and witnessed the first graduation ceremony in 1979, during which he says Tinubu was not present.
Further, the ADC candidate says Tinubu never attended Government College Ibadan, citing information he received about the president’s education as early as 1998.
Gbadamosi criticised Tinubu’s style of governance, questioning why the president’s “opaque” educational history should be a surprise. He also accused the Tinubu administration of “wholesale borrowing and looting of loans,” calling for an end to what he describes as “brigandage” by the 2027 election.
Gbadamosi expressed support for Dr Adetokunbo, describing him as a man of integrity, and said he had discussed the allegations privately with the former lecturer before they were made public.
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
