The Atiku Media Office has released a statement questioning President Bola Tinubu’s claim of being classmates with Mr. Alex Zingman at Chicago State University (CSU).
Recalled during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Mechanisation Programme in Abuja on Monday, President Bola Tinubu disclosed that Mr Alex Zingman was his classmate at Chicago State University (CSU).
The statement highlighted discrepancies in the President’s story, pointing out that Mr Zingman was born in 1966 and would have been only 13 years old when President Tinubu claimed to have graduated from CSU in 1979.
The significant age difference between President Tinubu and Mr Zingman raised questions about the validity of their supposed classmate relationship.
The statement also highlighted Mr Zingman’s controversial dealings and international reputation, which may be at odds with the President’s association with him.
The Atiku Media Office is seeking clarity on the President’s academic record, questioning why no classmates from his supposed institutions have come forward to verify his claims.
The statement demanded that the President provide proof of his academic credentials and clarify the discrepancies surrounding his academic history.
The Atiku media office wants to know who the President’s actual classmates were during his time at CSU and other institutions.
The statement emphasised the importance of integrity and transparency in public office, calling on the President to provide clear and verifiable information about his past.
”Are we now to believe that the Guinness Book of Records missed the story of a 13-year-old Belarusian prodigy graduating from an American university alongside Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
”Even more troubling is the President’s casual association with a man whose international reputation is mired in scandal, ” the statement said.
It added, ”this leads us to ask, with the solemn weight of patriotism and the urgency of truth:
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know why a man born in 1966 is being paraded as your classmate who graduated in 1979. Were you taught in the same classroom or in different decades?
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know if the Alex Zingman of global infamy the arms-linked tycoon — shares the same seat in your memories or only in a script of fiction.
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know why the mystery around your academic record deepens with every attempt to clarify it. Who truly walked the halls of Chicago State University with you?
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know why, since you claim to have presented a certificate from Government College, Lagos to gain entry into Richard Daley College in 1973, no classmate from that institution has ever spoken of sharing a desk with you.
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know how a school founded in 1972 could issue you a certificate dated 1970, unless you were a lone prophet of a school yet unborn.
”Mr President, Nigerians deserve to know why you have not proudly unveiled a single verifiable classmate from your supposed years in Government College, Lagos or Government College, Ibadan or Chicago State University, the way other leaders do with ease and pride.
”Mr President, your oath of office binds you not just to protect our nation but to honour its truth.
