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A data and public affairs analyst, Durojaiye Ogunsanya, has affirmed that President Bola Tinubu attended the Chicago State University (CSU), United States of America.

Tinubu’s academic record has been a subject of controversy as some of his political opponents have said the Tinubu who attended CSU is a female.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, one of Tinubu’s main challengers in the 2023 presidential election, has filed a suit in an American court, seeking to compel the CSU to produce Tinubu’s academic records.

But in an interview with TVC News, Ogunsanya confirmed that the president did attend Chicago State University, adding that they both graduated in 1979.

“We met in the school, Chicago State University and we were in the same department, College of Accounting Business and Administrative, with a major in Accounting and we were in the same class together and we graduated.

“He did attend the university and he graduated in 1979 in the same year as I did. I am here to testify that he did attend university and he was a good student.

“I’m here with my diploma, for the world to see. We graduated together from the university. I just want to set the record straight not for any gain or favour,” he said.

Asked what he thought when people said Tinubu did not graduate from the school, Ogunsanya said: “People were being mischievous in the first place. Because he was a governor for eight years; somebody who worked for Mobil several years and you are contesting that he didn’t go to university. Is that possible? I cannot imagine how that is possible. Sometimes, the president might be embellishing, but that does not mean that he didn’t attend the university. He has the record there for people to go and check to confirm all these things that he did.

“I was a bonafide student. I first went to engineering school. Then I decided no, it’s not for me. I changed college, that’s when I transferred. The beauty of it all in America is that they make it easy for everybody. There is an opportunity for everybody. You can start from scratch and build yourself up. And you do it even with high school GED, you take the exam. Once you pass, you can apply to any college or go to junior college, which is for two years. You can transfer your your credit to a four year college.”

“I think that’s what the president did. He first went to Richard Daley College and then transfer the credit to a four year college, university. I didn’t go to college. I went to another junior college. Then, I transferred to Chicago State University.I met him there. When I arrived, one of the professor asked me ‘Are you from Nigeria?’, I said ‘yes’. ‘Do you know Bola?’ I said ‘no, I don’t know him’. He said ‘oh, you need to know Bola’.

“Eventually, we met and then I found out that he is from Nigeria and we clicked from there. And one other thing is that we were a member of the Accounting Society. When the time for election came, the president surprised me at the time, he became the president of the club. People were even laughing at him with his accent, because he had Nigerian accent. But with this, he won the election as president of the club in 1978/79. Those are facts, go and check it out. He was very social and ambitious even then. So I am not surprised that he has carved a niche for himself to become the president,” Ogunsanya added.

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