Reno Omokri has defended President Bola Tinubu over questions surrounding his academic credentials, stating that the absence of traditional primary and secondary school records does not disqualify him from holding public office.
Speaking Sunday on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico explained that many Nigerians of the president’s generation received their early education at home rather than in formal classroom settings.
“Are you aware that at the time the president went to primary school, at the time the president would have gone to primary school, secondary school, most Nigerians were not going to regular schools; a lot of them were being homeschooled,” Omokri said.
Omokri added that many critics questioning the president’s early schooling would also struggle to provide proof of their own childhood peers.
“If you ask some of these opponents of the president to produce their primary school classmate, they cannot,” he said.
To support his argument that non-traditional schooling is valid, Omokri pointed to his own family, noting that his wife grew up being homeschooled in Ethiopia and that his child currently receives home-based instruction.
Addressing Tinubu’s formal academic qualifications, Omokri highlighted the president’s higher education achievements in the United States as sufficient proof of his competence. He noted that official legal testimony confirmed Tinubu’s enrolment and graduation from Chicago State University.
“He went to Chicago State University. The registrar of that school went to court, and they confirmed that Tinubu was admitted, attended, and graduated from that school. That is enough,” Omokri said.
Omokri insisted that the debate over Tinubu’s early schooling does not impact his legal standing or ability to serve.
“We know for a fact that the president is qualified for the position he’s holding, for the position he wants to be reelected to,” he said.
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