African Democratic Congress (ADC) chiefs, Mr Solomon Dalung and Mr Kalu Kalu, have called on President Bola Tinubu to resign over allegations concerning his academic qualifications, threatening him with court action.

Dalung, a former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, alleged that unresolved questions surrounding Tinubu’s qualifications remained the “greatest threat” to Nigeria’s democratic transition and vowed to challenge the President’s eligibility in court.

He made the remarks during a media briefing at his residence in Jos, Plateau State, where he also accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration of weakening opposition parties and undermining Nigeria’s multi-party democracy.

According to him, the ruling party had intensified efforts to weaken the opposition by encouraging defections of elected officials.
He also accused the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, of sponsoring litigation against opposition political parties to weaken them ahead of the next general elections.

“The sponsor of all the litigation is Gbajabiamila; he should come out clean if he is denying it. The 2027 transition is under attack because democracy cannot exist with only one political party under a multiparty democracy constitutionally guaranteed,” he said.

Dalung further alleged that President Tinubu was apprehensive about facing a united opposition because of what he described as unresolved issues surrounding the President’s educational qualifications.

He claimed that legal challenges to Tinubu’s qualifications in 2023 failed because the Supreme Court held that the matter was a pre-election issue.

“And to the best of my knowledge, Tinubu has not gone to any school since 2023, so all the fake certificates that have been presented have not been remedied,” Mr Dalung alleged.

The former minister also made fresh allegations regarding Mr Tinubu’s educational records and National Youth Service Corps documentation, claiming they contained inconsistencies.

He insisted that the Constitution clearly stipulated the qualifications required to contest for the office of President and maintained that the ADC would seek judicial interpretation of Tinubu’s credentials as submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

ON the other hand, Mr Kalu Kalu, who is a lawyer and also an ADC member call President Bola Tinubu to resign over allegations concerning his academic qualifications.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today yesterday, Kalu claimed it had become a “fact” that the President did not possess primary and secondary school certificates, urging Tinubu to publicly present the documents to end the controversy.

“We have gone beyond the issue of allegation and accusation. It is a fact that Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not have a primary school certificate and a secondary school certificate,” he said.

Kalu argued that if the President made his certificates public, the issue would be resolved.

“If he says it’s an allegation, if he says it’s an accusation, let him come out and tell Nigerians, ‘This is my primary school certificate. This is my secondary school certificate.’ This matter will stop,” he added.

The lawyer recalled that the issue was first raised in 1999 by the late legal icon Gani Fawehinmi, saying the case reached the Supreme Court but was dismissed on what he described as technical grounds.

He further noted that the controversy resurfaced during the 2023 presidential election and has again become a subject of public debate in 2026.

According to Kalu, it is high time the President addressed the matter by disclosing his academic credentials.

He maintained that Tinubu should step down from office, saying: “This is the time Bola Ahmed Tinubu should resign and leave office, for crying out loud. Why are we repeating this issue?”

President Tinubu has previously maintained that he met the constitutional requirements to contest the presidency, while courts have dismissed legal challenges to his qualification. The presidency has also consistently defended his eligibility for office.