Omokri Defends Tinubu Over Educational Background

Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has defended President Bola Tinubu over questions surrounding his primary and secondary school education, saying many Nigerians of his generation did not attend conventional schools.

Omokri made the statement on Sunday, arguing that some Nigerians were homeschooled during the period when Tinubu would have attended primary and secondary school.

“Are you aware that at the time the president went to primary school, at the time the president would have gone to primary school, secondary school, most Nigerians were not going to regular schools; a lot of them were being homeschooled,” Omokri said.

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He challenged critics questioning Tinubu’s educational background to produce evidence of their own primary school classmates.

“If you ask some of these opponents of the president to produce their primary school classmate, they cannot,” he said.

Omokri also cited his family as an example, saying his child is homeschooled and his Ethiopian wife was also homeschooled.

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He maintained that Tinubu is qualified to hold the presidency and seek re-election in 2027.

“We know for a fact that the president is qualified for the position he’s holding, for the position he wants to be reelected to,” he said.

On Tinubu’s tertiary education, Omokri referred to the President’s attendance at Chicago State University, saying the institution’s registrar testified in court and confirmed that Tinubu was admitted, attended and graduated from the university.

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“He went to Chicago State University. The registrar of that school went to court, and they confirmed that Tinubu was admitted, attended, and graduated from that school. That is enough,” Omokri said.

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