Babatunde Ogala (SAN), head of the Legal Directorate of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, has challenged anyone questioning the authenticity of the educational records filed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), to go to court.
Ogala disclosed this on Sunday while also assuring that the Tinubu Campaign Office is ready for such even as he described the controversy over Tinubu’s academic qualification as a distraction and blackmail.
Ogala said Tinubu had fulfilled all the constitutional requirements to contest the February 2023 presidential election.
He challenged those raising issues about his record to point out where he lied on oath.
He said, “Where did he lie on oath? You the media people should not encourage all these idle, silly talks. There is something called the law of defamation in this country. There is criminal and civil defamation.
“Let me say this clearly; our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has filled Form EC9 to INEC on oath and this should be the issue, not these distractions.
“And has he met the constitutional requirements? Yes. Did he meet the requirements of the Electoral Act? Yes. So these, for me, are the issues. Has this matter not been litigated many times since 1999?
“The constitution is clear. It states, ‘Meet the minimum qualification for the presidency’. He didn’t meet that qualification? It (the constitution) states, “Educated up to school certificate level”. Is he (Tinubu) educated up to the school certificate level? Yes.”
