The legal assault builds on years of intense scrutiny regarding Tinubu's background. The plaintiff is leaning heavily on previous disclosures to assert that the President is constitutionally unfit to seek re-election.
In a fresh legal challenge threatening his reelection bid, President Bola Tinubu has been dragged before a Federal High Court in Kano over multi-layered allegations of certificate forgery, with a civil society group demanding his disqualification from the 2027 presidential election.
The lawsuit, filed by the Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA), revives the highly controversial debate surrounding the President’s academic credentials which heavily dominated the aftermath of the 2023 general elections.
According to court documents SaharaReporters obtained, the suit, marked FHC/K/CS/312/2026, lists President Tinubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Chicago State University (CSU) as defendants.
The legal assault builds on years of intense scrutiny regarding Tinubu's background. The plaintiff is leaning heavily on previous disclosures to assert that the President is constitutionally unfit to seek re-election.
