Prof. Adetokunbo Pearse: Tinubu's Aid Lists "3 Fatal Loopholes"
- Dada Olusegun, President Bola Tinubu's special assistant on social media, cited three loopholes in Professor Pearse's claims about the president's Chicago State University degree
- Olusegun pointed out that Pearse only joined CSU in 1985, six years after Tinubu had already left the institution in 1979
- The presidential aide also challenged Pearse's academic background and his invocation of the ICC over what is a certificate dispute
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Dada Olusegun, special assistant to President Bola Tinubu on social media, has publicly challenged Professor Adetokunbo Pearse's claims that the president never attended or graduated from Chicago State University (CSU), identifying what he described as three fatal loopholes in the professor's argument.
Olusegun made the claims on his X account on Monday, November 9.
Pearse's academic background under scrutiny
The first point Olusegun raised concerned Pearse's area of expertise. He noted that the professor holds a PhD in Linguistics and taught English and Literature, and questioned how that background could qualify him to direct or supervise an Accounting and Business Administration programme, which was Tinubu's field of study at CSU.
His second challenge targeted Pearse's suggestion that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could prosecute certificate controversies. Olusegun argued that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over such matters and said anyone predicting jail terms based on that premise does not understand the court's basic mandate.
The third point addressed Pearse's claim to knowledge of CSU's student records. Olusegun said that teaching at a university for five years does not grant a lecturer access to its entire student database, and that any verification of a student's records must go through the institution itself.
The timeline that undermines the claim
Beyond the three points, Olusegun highlighted what he called the most damaging inconsistency in Pearse's position. By Pearse's own admission, he taught at CSU only between 1985 and 1990. President Tinubu, however, had already graduated and left the university in 1979, a full six years before Pearse set foot on campus.
Olusegun concluded his post with the remark: "Facts are always scary to con-artists!"
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