Certificate omission doesn’t invalidate Tinubu’s nomination — Ubani, SAN

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Monday Ubani, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not constitutionally required to submit his primary and secondary school certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stressing that the omission does not invalidate his nomination.
Ubani made the clarification on Wednesday during an interview on Frontline, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, amid renewed debate over Tinubu’s educational credentials following allegations by former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, that the President did not submit his primary and secondary school certificate...