Tinubu’s Chicago certificate: How does teaching English qualify you to supervise Accounting? – Abati fires back at Ex-lecturer

Arise Television's Reuben Abati has responded to Dr. Pearse Adetokumbo's claim that President Bola Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University. Abati criticized Adetokumbo's assertion on Monday's Arise TV Morning Show, stating that it is unjustified. Adetokumbo, a former lecturer at Chicago State University who specializes in Linguistics and Literature, claimed that Tinubu did not attend the institution and suggested that the controversy could reach the International Criminal Court (ICC).

However, Abati questioned how a lecturer who had retired after five years of teaching English and Literature could have been responsible for supervising Accounting, the department from which Tinubu graduated. Abati pointed out that simply teaching English and Literature for five years does not automatically qualify someone to supervise a different department, such as Accounting.

The controversy arose after Education Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa claimed that Tinubu graduated with a first-class degree in Accounting from Chicago State University.