School certification omission legal, not breach – Ubani defends Tinubu

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Monday Ubani, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was nether nary law work to taxable his superior and secondary schoolhouse certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 election.

Ubani stated this connected Wednesday during an interrogation connected Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, monitored by DAILY POST, amid renewed contention implicit the President’s acquisition credentials.

The contention followed allegations by erstwhile Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, that Tinubu failed to see his superior and secondary schoolhouse certificates among the information documents submitted to INEC.

The work of candidates’ credentials by INEC reignited nationalist statement implicit the law acquisition qualifications for the bureau of the President, prompting questions astir whether a assemblage grade unsocial satisfies the law request oregon whether candidates indispensable besides taxable their superior and secondary schoolhouse certificates.

Reacting to this connected Wednesday, Ubani said the contented indispensable beryllium addressed from a ineligible perspective, not nationalist sentiment.

“It is astir the law, not astir possibly sentiment oregon bias, which I spot flying about,” helium stated.

The law lawyer cited Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution, which helium said lone requires a statesmanlike campaigner to amusement grounds of acquisition “up to schoolhouse c...