The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Kano seeking the disqualification of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election .
In suit FHC/K/CS/312/2026, the group alleged Tinubu presented “forged academic certificates from Chicago State University and a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate” to INEC during the 2023 polls. INEC and Chicago State University are listed as co-defendants.
The plaintiff contended Tinubu “never attended Government College Lagos as claimed,” arguing the school “was established in 1974, four years after Tinubu allegedly graduated.” It further claimed “Tinubu does not possess a valid secondary school certificate, which is the minimum constitutional requirement to contest for the presidency.”
Citing a 2023 U.S. court ruling in In Re: Application of Atiku Abubakar (No. 23 CV 05099), the group said records released by CSU “revealed false entries and inconsistencies, including a forged University of Cambridge General Certificate of Education.”
The suit seeks “declaration of forgery against Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate,” an order “directing INEC to disqualify him from the 2027 presidential election,” an order “directing CSU to strike Tinubu’s name from its records,” and a “perpetual injunction restraining INEC from uploading Tinubu’s name as a candidate”.
The plaintiff said INEC had “failed to act on its petition dated June 19, 2026, demanding clarification on Tinubu’s eligibility”.
