The controversies surrounding the statement from Chicago State University regarding the alleged certificate forgery by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has placed the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, under serious pressure, Sharpedgenews.com has reliably gathered.
The online newspaper gathered that FBI is receiving petitions across the world and also from cross section of Nigerians in United States of America who have found the certificate saga damaging to Nigeria’s image, to investigate Chicago State University on the alleged certificate forgery and also the true owner of the Social Security Number.
Further investigation by Sharpedgenews.com revealed that Chicago State University has been involved in several corruption scandals in the past before the new one involving Nigeria’s President.
One of the notable scandals according to our investigations involved the Institution’s former President, Wayne Watson.
Watson’s unethical practices, we gathered resulted in a settlement of $1.3 million in December 2016.
Watson’s unpleasant deeds included unconstitutional policies, corruption, and censorship, which we gathered led to a lawsuit against the university.
The lawsuit which negatively affected the institution we gathered was settled several years ago by agreeing to change the unconstitutional policies in question and paying $60,000 in attorney’s fees and damages.
Also, it was gathered that former Vice President Glenn Meeks was fired after he blew the whistle on Watson’s unethical practices
Another Scandal In CSU
Another scandal that happened in the involved a former Chicago State University professor and interim dean, Carmita Coleman, who was accused of embezzling more than $650,000 from a student-based organization and using the funds for herself.
Now Tinubu’s Certificate Scandal Involving CSU
The new scandal rocking the university is related to the newly elected Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s graduation from the university in 1979.
Tinubu’s political rival in the last presidential election in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, claimed that the documents showing Tinubu’s graduation are not authentic and that this is grounds to nullify Tinubu’s election victory earlier this year.
Atiku Abubakar accused Tinubu of forging the certificate he submitted to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, prior to the presidential election in Nigeria.
Tinubu Lied About Obama’s Invitation In 2012
This newspaper reported in 2012, how President Bola Tinubu who was then the Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, lied that former President Barack Obama invited him to attend Democratic party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sharpedgenews.com gathered then that Bola Tinubu, paid $5000 to obtain the generic invitation from the Democratic Party campaign office, but lied that he was personally invited to attend by President Barack Obama as leader of Nigeria opposition.
“Obama, it has been revealed, did not personally extend what has been dubbed by Tinubu “a gold card invitation” to him to attend the Democratic party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. contrary to claims by him and his aides.
“This is not the first time Tinubu has been enmeshed in controversy bothering on false claims. The controversy surrounding his academic qualifications, his claim of being a Certified Public Accountant, and discrepancy in his age records are still fresh in memory.”
“According to investigations by reporters of a United States based online medium, Sharpedgenews.com, the invite received by Tinubu was a generic kind sent out to donors by the campaign organization.”
“The medium which is attending the convention, also revealed that the DNC denied ever inviting Tinubu on any official capacity as the “ leader of opposition” in Nigeria
The media team of Tinubu had claimed that he was invited to the Democratic National Convention in his right as the leader of the opposition in Nigeria.
According to his media aide Sunday Dare “ Tinubu will be at the ring side as the Democratic Party conduct activities that will culminate in the nomination of President Barrack Obama as its candidate for the November 2012 Presidential elections in the USA.”
“Tinubu receives a gold card invitation which is prime and with this, he will be joined by three other eminent personalities – Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, Speaker Lagos state House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji and former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos state, Mr Dele Alake.” His statement added
DNC sources irked by the suggestive news reports which is being interpreted that Barack Obama may have extended a preferential invitation to Mr. Tinubu in spite of similar politicians in his native country of Nigeria, said that such notion was further from reality as was claimed by the ACN leader.
The DNC source explained that the invite that was given to Tinubu was a generic type that similarly went to whoever donated more than $5,000 to the Obama campaign.
“The invitation card sent to Tinubu, the former senator from Nigeria, was generic and it generally goes from the campaign organization and not personally from President Obama,” the highly placed source explained under condition of anonymity.
The source said that it would be difficult for anyone to implicate Obama in attempts at foisting a preferred leadership on Nigeria or Africa as that would negate the philosophy of Washington’s new international engagement.