A 2002 magazine detailing the forgery suit filed by the current Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Management, Festus Keyamo, against President Bola Tinubu who was the then governor of Lagos State, has resurfaced.
In the suit, Keyamo had accused Tinubu of certificate forgery and false declaration, and even went ahead to accuse the media of being complicit in shielding the former governor.
Twenty-one years later, Keyamo, now a minister in Tinubu’s cabinet, has reversed his position, claiming that the president never forged his certificate despite the deposition of Chicago State University officials who disowned Tinubu’s degree certificate submitted to INEC.
The resurfacing of the story, according to commentators, might cause a friction in Keyamo’s relationship with Tinubu.
A few months ago, the spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, had said that the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (as he then was), Festus Keyamo, once sued the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for alleged certificate forgery.
Bwala, in an interview on Channels TV on Tuesday, noted that Keyamo had sued the Lagos Assembly in 2002 over Tinubu’s candidacy as the then governor of Lagos State.
Citing a law report titled Keyamo V. House Of Assembly, Lagos State (2002), Bwala said: “This is the Supreme Court decision in the case I have cited and I will just read a line:
“The appellant alleged amongst others as a legal practitioner that he has been confronted by some of his clients who wanted to understand certain things they consider important relating to their contesting the governorship in Lagos State.
“He further, that is Festus Keyamo, alleged certificate forgery against the Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and that the latter was not qualified for the office of the governor.”
