Certificate Saga: Tinubu's classmates who have testified he graduated from Chicago State University

President Bola Tinubu has been accused of identity theft over his academic record at the Chicago State University (CSU) by Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election.

Atiku is now in court in the United States to ensure that the Chicago State University (CSU) revealed the academic record of Tinubu, which included his admission letter and attendance.

The president has pleaded before the US court under the country's privacy law that exposing the document's details “would cause irreparable damage to his person” and therefore urged the court to stop the university from releasing his academic record to Atiku.

To strengthen his defence, at least two persons had come out to testify before the court that they were classmates of President Tinubu during his undergraduate days before the US court.

Below are their details:

Olajide Adeniji

Adeniji has said he was a classmate of President Tinubu at the Chicago State University and sworn an oath before the court that he was familiar with Tinubu.

He made the claim amid the ongoing legal battle between Tinubu and Atiku, Nigeria's former vice president in the U.S.

In the United States district court, Adeniji testified that he knew and contested against Tinubu as Accounting Society Club President at the CSU's Department of Business Admin/Accounting.

Durojaiye Ogunsanya

Ogunsanya is a public affairs analyst who swore before the court that he was a classmate of President Tinubu during his undergraduate days at the Chicago State University.

Ogunsanya, in an interview on TVC, confirmed that he and President Tinubu graduated from Chicago State University, recalled that that he was mocked for his accent when he first came into the institution.