The Incorporated Trustees of the Centre for Reforms and Public Advocacy has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Kano seeking an order disqualifying President Bola Tinubu from contesting the 2027 presidential election over allegations that he submitted forged academic and National Youth Service Corps certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The suit, marked FHC/KN/CS/312/2026, was filed before the Federal High Court, Kano Judicial Division, on June 26, 2026.
A copy of the originating court processes, exclusively obtained by Arewa PUNCH on Friday, listed the President, the Independent National Electoral Commission and Chicago State University as first, second and third defendants, respectively.
In the suit, the plaintiff is asking the court to declare that Tinubu allegedly presented forged academic credentials to INEC in support of his qualification for the 2023 presidential election.
The advocacy group also urged the court to declare that the Chicago State University certificate presented to INEC was allegedly forged and that the President is consequently not qualified to contest the 2027 presidential election.
Among the reliefs sought, the plaintiff asked the court to order INEC to disqualify Tinubu from participating in the 2027 presidential election and restrain the commission from accepting or processing his nomination.
The group also prayed the court for an order directing Chicago State University to strike Tinubu’s name from its records and sought a perpetual injunction restraining INEC from recognising him as a candidate in the next presidential election.
The organisation further alleged discrepancies in the President’s academic records, names appearing on documents and the NYSC certificate submitted to INEC.
It further argued that, “the certificate purportedly issued by Chicago State University and submitted to INEC is forged, invalid and incapable of conferring any constitutional qualification on the first defendant.”
The plaintiff maintained that the alleged discrepancies rendered Tinubu constitutionally ineligible to seek another term in office.
It stated, “the first defendant is constitutionally disqualified from contesting the 2027 presidential election having allegedly presented forged documents contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Arewa PUNCH reports that the suit followed a series of letters written by the organisation to INEC, the National Youth Service Corps and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation between 2025 and 2026 requesting clarification on the President’s academic and NYSC records.