Nigerians troll, as Tinubu updates Wikipedia page to include ‘Adekunle’

Dispute arising from the certificate forgery and perjury charges leveled against President Bola Tinubu by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar took a dramatic twist, Sunday, after it emerged that handlers of the President’s media accounts had updated his profile on Wikipedia with the addition of a new name ‘Adekunkle.’

The name ‘Adekunle’ has also been uploaded onto the official website of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, only just now.

In reaction to the development, Nigerians have since gone into trolling overdrive, as it remains unclear who ordered the changes in President Tinubu profile amid the controversy surrounding the matter of certificate and other credentials forgery now in the public domain after a United States court in Illinois, had ordered the Chicago State University (CSU)to  release records of the country’s leader at the school to Atiku to back the former Vice President’s appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the unfavourable judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), last September.

The PEPT had dismissed all grounds of petitions filed by Atiku and another presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) as it affirmed Tinubu as duly elected.

The name ‘Adekunle’ had also become controversial after it emerged that  the ‘A’ in the middle of Bola Tinubu was actually Adekunle’ a female student who also enrolled at the CSU

The President’s names had never included Adekunle, but Ahmed which he bore from 1999 era when he served as Governor of Lagos State.

According to public analysts, the latest introduction of ‘Adekunle’ in the list of the President’s names could turn out either way, even as many now seen convinced that the forging spree may not end anytime soon.

Aside the conflicting names, Atiku, through his lawyers, in proving his case at the U.S court for release of Tinubu’s credentials, has also picked holes in the dates and schools attended by the president, in qualifying for admission into the CSU.

Atiku’s U.S lawyer, Ms Angela Liu in a report, had, confirmed that the Chicago State University provided two similar certificates indicating that Tinubu attended its institution.

Liu said while the first certificate was signed by three people, the other one was signed by two people.

Liu also said that while one document asserts that Tinubu was issued the certificate on June 22, 1979, another suggests that the president received the degree on June 27, 1979.

“The document marked ‘A’ is the certificate submitted by Tinubu to INEC. This certificate is in every material respect, exactly the same as the document marked ‘B’ except for the following.

“Document ‘A’ is signed by at least 3 people whereas ‘B’ is signed by only 2 people.

“The document marked ‘E’ states that Tinubu was issued a certificate on 22nd June 1979 but then proceeded to forward a copy of a certificate (‘B’) dated 27th June 1979. Please note that ‘A’ is actually dated 22nd June 1979, but this document did not emanate from CSU. Only ‘B’ did.

“It is clear that either ‘A’ or ‘B’ is fake (if not both). You cannot have two certificates issued by the same university, to the same person, for the same course of study, but issued on different dates and signed by two different sets of people.

“The documents ‘A’ and ‘B’ both state that Tinubu graduated with a BSc in ‘Business AND Administration’, whereas document ‘E’ (which came from CSU) states that he graduated with a BSc in ‘Business Administration’, Liu said.

Continuing, the lawyer said CSU’s website reads: “The College of Business offers a contemporary business program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Masters in Business Administration (MBA)”, adding that ‘nowhere is there any reference to ‘business and administration’ throughout the website.”

“It is not possible for Elnora D. Daniel to be among those who signed both certificates because she was only the president of the university between 1998 and 2008.

“She was neither president of the university in 1979 – when the certificate was purportedly issued – nor was she president in 2022, when the replacement certificates were issued,” she said.

The lawyer also expressed dismay

Nigerians reacting on the X platform, Sunday, to the latest controversy, were in agreement on the questionable action of name addition. Reports below as captured by Oracle Today, Sunday:

Mr. B (@Ekori_son) wrote:

They still forgot it was Female gender on the documents. The Ubu in Tinubu should be replace with Tina just so it can make more sense

LUCYCHILDOFGOD (@lucy_nonso) wrote:

Yakubu Mahmoud is the biggest criminal of all. He knew all along that every document submitted to INEC was fake yet he allowed him to contest. Nigeria must be delivered from the hands of these criminals.

Linda (@Dessy700) wrote:

Somebody is joking with this generation Dey play all we need is our phone to bring all his history out

Emmanuel  (@emnatheblessed) wrote:

Let them add Adenike and Abimbola

Captain (@Ebubejoel) wrote:

Damage control

Bukkyluv (@BukkySouth) wrote:

Omoo nothing bat no go see inside baat.

Olushola (@Bigsholley) wrote:

The truth will always prevail

Olawale (@Olawale252992) wrote:

Good…. Tinubu must go to jail.

Obeten Egbe Onen (@egbe_obeten) wrote:

What was his project topic if he truly graduated?

Asuquo Christopher (@ASUQUOCHRISTOP3) wrote:

He is not getting away with this for sure

Ikem Raphael (@Eyekem) wrote:

The more he tries to adjust, the more he gives credence to his anomalies

Caesar™ (@CaesarMaje45801) wrote:

Is there a birth certificate to attest to all these names, date of birth and transitions? Abi na affidavit dem go use marinade am…

Ayoola joseph (@Joedesign23) wrote:

That won’t change anything, it has been confirmed that he is a certificate forger

Araba k (@Arabadmeek) wrote:

It is even an affirmation that he is a career criminal.