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The BBC Global Disinformation Team is standing by its report that President Bola Tinubu did not forge his Chicago State University (CSU) certificate. The media outfit Complaints Team said it regrets that some people are unhappy about their findings on Tinubu’s certificate. BBC said CSU confirmed Tinubu graduated from the university and there is no evidence he forged his certificate
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 18, 2023
We received a number of complaints on our investigative report on the authenticity of Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu attending and graduating from Chicago State University’ and the forgery allegation concerning the certificate he submitted to the Nigerian electoral body before the presidential election in 2023.
Thank you for taking your time to write us. We regret that you are unhappy with our findings on this matter.
We have looked into this over again and the BBC has not seen any evidence that the certificate is in anyway forged.
We have again contacted Chicago State University’ and they confirmed for the umpteenth time that Bola Tinubu’ graduated from the University in 1979 with a Bachelor’s degree.
We believe our text on this matter has been informative and responsible, reporting known facts.
We therefore stand by our journalism on the Tinubu’s certificate matter. The document submitted has same font, seal and signature with other diplomas issued by CSU around 1990s and we can boldly confirm this. The fact that the replacement certificates was not issued directly by CSU did not invalidate it. Third party vendors are legally permitted to issue replacement Diplomas on behalf of some US colleges and universities, which are brought to the university for vetting and signing by the vendors before it releases it to the owner and the CSU allows this practice as well.
So therefore, we believed those saying otherwise on the matter are either ignorant of the colleges and university system in the US or are deliberately playing political mischief over it. So, we stand by our journalism on the subject matter.
– BBC
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