Durojaiye Ogunsanya,
a public affairs analyst, says he was a classmate of President Bola Tinubu at
the Chicago State University (CSU).
During a
chat with TVC on Monday, Ogunsanya said he graduated
alongside Tinubu at CSU from the department of accounting and business
administration in 1979.
CONTROVERSY OVER ACADEMIC RECORDS
Over the past few months, the academic records of Tinubu have been the subject of controversy.
Opposition political parties continue to raise questions
over the authenticity of the university certificate presented by the president
before the 2023 elections.
Tinubu’s academic records show that he graduated from CSU in
1979 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, and
management.
However, there are allegations that the Tinubu who attended
CSU is different from the current president of Nigeria.
Amid the controversy, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a suit filed before the US district
court, asked the court to
subpoena CSU over Tinubu’s academic files.
‘WE MOCKED HIS ACCENT’
During the interview, Ogunsanya was asked what he was
thinking when he heard about the controversy over Tinubu’s academic records.
“We were in the same department, class, and college,” he
said.
“We met in school at Chicago State University (CSU) and we
were in the same department — college of accounting, business administration —
with a major in accounting.
“We graduated together. He did attend the Chicago State
University and he graduated in 1979 as I did. I’m here to testify that he did
attend the university and he was a good student.
“People were being mischievous in the first place because he
was a governor for eight years, he worked for Mobil for several years and you
are contesting that he did not go to university. How is that possible?
“I can’t imagine how that is possible. Sometimes, the
president might be embellished but that does not mean he did not attend
university.”
Speaking further, Ogunsanya said Tinubu was elected as the
president of the accounting student club at CSU between 1978/1979.
He added that colleagues often mocked Tinubu for his “deep”
Nigerian accent in the US.
“We were members of
the accounting club in the school. When the time for the election came, the
president surprised me,” he said.
“There was a time he became the president of the club. Go
and check it out. We were even laughing at him with his accent.
“He had a Nigerian
accent and because of that we were laughing at him.”
He added that Tinubu was a sociable and ambitious person
during his days at the CSU.
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Durojaiye Ogunsanya, you are very wrong. And you are lying too.
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