Dr Adetokunbo Pearse taught at Chicago State University years ago. Now he says he handed over details on President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to people who showed up asking. They came on behalf of the late Lagos politician Funsho Williams.
Pearse shared the story in an interview on News Central TV. He spoke about his time on the faculty there and once again insisted Tinubu never set foot in the place.
Anyone hunting for that information got pointed in his direction. He held a senior role at the university, so his name came up.
The whole thing took place around 1999. Williams was checking into Tinubu’s schooling at the time.
“I can tell you now that when Funsho Williams was looking for information on Tinubu’s record, I think it was 1999, it was to me that they sent people to come and collect the information,” Pearse said.
He already had the records. So he passed them along.
“I had the information. All the trouble that Atiku was going around looking for information, I had it there. I gave it to them,” he said.
Pearse lectured at Chicago State from 1985 to 1990. He also ran the program Tinubu claimed to have joined.
He doesn’t hold back. Tinubu never studied there, Pearse says, and the president knows he knows. “But the fact of the matter is, I know that he never attended Chicago State University, and he knows that I know.”
The remarks surface as questions about Tinubu’s education pick up again before the 2027 elections.
Chicago State University has stated that Tinubu studied there from 1977 to 1979 and earned a degree in business administration. Pearse’s own teaching started later, after that period had ended.
