Uchendu Alexis<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is set to hold a significant world press conference today, Thursday, October 5, 2023, as the controversy over alleged fake certificates involving President Bola Tinubu continues to linger.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dele Momodu, a spokesperson for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. He shared that the conference would be streamed on Atiku’s social media platforms and covered live by both international and local media networks.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
While the specific agenda of Atiku’s press conference has not been disclosed, it is strongly speculated that it may be related to the ongoing dispute concerning President Tinubu’s educational credentials, a matter that has been the subject of legal battles and rivalry between the two politicians.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Following his defeat in the 2023 presidential election to Tinubu in February, Atiku pursued legal action by challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). In September, the court ruled in favor of Tinubu, dismissing Atiku’s petitions.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One of Atiku’s key allegations against Tinubu was the claim of forged academic credentials, specifically a Chicago State University certificate. After the tribunal’s judgment, Atiku continued his case in the United States, aiming to obtain official documents to substantiate his claims. Atiku also took the matter to the Supreme Court for a final ruling on the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The legal dispute surrounding the academic records of President Tinubu at Chicago State University has been prominently featured in Nigerian news headlines recently. Despite the ongoing controversy, Atiku had remained relatively quiet on the matter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
With the announcement of his world press conference, Nigerians are eagerly anticipating Atiku’s statements and perspective on the issue that has dominated news cycles and social media discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Uchendu Alexis Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is set to hold a significant world press conference today, Thursday, October 5, 2023, as the controversy over alleged fake certificates involving President Bola Tinubu continues to linger. Dele Momodu, a spokesperson for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}