Group Petitions US President Joe Biden To Derecognise Tinubu As Nigerian Leader

Following the allegation of forgery against President Bola Tinubu, a group on the aegis of Democracy Vanguard of Nigerians in Diaspora (DVND) has written to the President of the United States (US), Joe Biden.

The group asked the US government to derecognise Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu.

There is an ongoing legal battle between Atiku Abubakar and Tinubu as the former vice president hunts for the president’s educational records in the US via the Chicago State University (CSU).

Atiku was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 2023 election. DVND’s request to US authorities was contained in its letter to Biden signed by its president, Timothy Sule.

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State; Michael McCaul, a US representative; and Molly Phee, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, were also copied.

The letter made available to on Friday, October 13, is titled “Chicago State University Certificate Scandal: A call to derecognise Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President for forgery, perjury and flagrant breach of the constitution of Nigeria.”

DVND’s statement partly reads:

“This noble body is respectfully calling on you (President Biden) to use your good office to act by immediately severing any ties to the illegitimate government in Nigeria and to officially facilitate the derecognition of Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President of Nigeria.

“Clearly, Tinubu has a questionable mandate and he lacks the legitimacy to govern Nigeria at the moment having repeatedly and shamelessly perjured over time.”