2027: People who can’t tell their primary school want to be president

Popular broadcaster and Arise Television Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has reacted to the personal particulars of presidential candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, saying Nigerians should question those seeking the country’s highest office without disclosing their primary school details.

Oseni made the remark in a Facebook post on Sunday amid public scrutiny of the nomination documents displayed by INEC ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

“People that can’t tell you their primary school want to be your president and Nigerians will vote them,” he wrote.

His comment comes after INEC commenced the public display of the personal particulars, academic credentials and other statutory documents submitted by presidential candidates.

The documents showed that President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, listed only his Bachelor of Science degree from Chicago State University among his educational qualifications, while the sections indicating his primary and secondary school attendance years were entered as “0000.”

In contrast, the documents submitted by Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate Atiku Abubakar contained educational histories beginning from their primary school education.

INEC said the publication of the documents marks the commencement of the statutory period for public scrutiny of candidates’ nomination papers, during which any person may challenge the information contained in a candidate’s affidavit in court if found to be false, in line with the Electoral Act.