Tinubu Never Attended Chicago State University, I Was a Lecturer There — Former CSU Lecturer Pearse Adetokumbo Reveals
Former Chicago State University lecturer, Dr Pearse Adetokumbo, has accused President Bola Tinubu of falsely claiming to have attended the institution, insisting that he never studied there.
Speaking on News Central TV, Adetokumbo said he worked at the university between 1985 and 1990 and directed the programme Tinubu allegedly claimed to have attended.
He also accused Education Minister, Dr Tunji Alausa, of misleading Nigerians while defending Tinubu’s academic history, alleging that documents submitted to INEC contained names of schools the president never attended.
Adetokumbo said, “Well, I know that he didn’t even attend Chicago State University. The education minister works for the president. The education minister is lying.”
He added, “Do you know his real name? That [Tinubu] is not his name. Do you know the school he attended? Primary school? No. Secondary school? No.
“Look at the records he has been submitting to INEC since he’s been running. He never said he was homeschooled. He gave names for schools which he never attended. This man is a professional crook.”
Explaining his involvement, he said, “I used to be a lecturer at Chicago State University. For five years. I was the director of the programme that Tinubu said he attended at Chicago State University. I was at Chicago State University from 1985 to 1990.”
He further claimed that he provided information about Tinubu’s records to people who approached him in 1999, adding, “I know that he never attended Chicago State University, and he knows that I know.”
Adetokumbo also warned that the matter could end up in international criminal courts, saying, “Maybe Amupitan and Tinubu, both of them, will +ie in the same cell.”
On the 2027 election, he declared, “There is no way he can win this election.”
He also criticised the administration, saying, “Poverty is on the rise. Unemployment is on the rise. Insecurity on the rise. Everything has failed because of this administration.”
