African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo has argued that President Bola Tinubu should be disqualified from contesting the 2027 presidential election over the absence of his primary and secondary school certificates among the credentials submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Okonkwo contended that the omission raises questions about compliance with the legal requirements for seeking Nigeria’s highest office.
He urged the President to respect the country’s laws governing educational qualifications, insisting that the same standards should apply to all aspirants regardless of their status.
His remarks followed the publication of the credentials and personal details of presidential candidates by INEC ahead of the 2027 general election.
According to the documents released by the electoral body, Tinubu submitted his university certificate, while his primary and secondary school certificates were not included among the credentials made public.
This has raised a widespread concern from Nigerians, raising fresh questions about his educational qualifications.
However, Okonkwo posted on X: “Nigeria has its laws that should be respected. No Nigerian is qualified to go to a University without 5 credits at the O’ Level.
“Tinubu purporting to be qualified for President by providing a foreign University certificate, which the University publicly declared did not emanate from it, without providing his secondary school certificate or its equipment disqualifies him from being President.
“The only reason our democracy is in peril is because of judicial rascality.
“Despite all warnings by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the National Judicial Council (NJC), some judges have operated as an island on their own, interpreting the laws they made on the bench, bereft of the imprimatur of the legislature.
“The judges have usurped the powers of the executive and the legislature from the bench with the instrumentality of perverse judgement.”
(The Sun)