After extensive research from various media outlets, IkejaBird gathered that the full name of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress or APC is Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
Insufficient Proof to Believe Otherwise
Although there are controversies about his real name and where he originated from but there has not been sufficient proof from many investigations to believe otherwise.
Some have alleged that the APC presidential candidate’s real name is Ahmed Magaji or Yekini Amoda Ogunlere.
Those two hypothetical names have been refuted by the candidate himself who had said in the past that it was just a ploy from mischief makers.
IkejaBird noted that there is also not enough information about Tinubu’s parents which has contributed largely to the rumors that he is hiding his real parents to cover up some criminal activities.
The Nigerian lawyer Festus Keyamo, a staunch supporter of the former governor of Lagos has strongly refuted the claim about Tinubu’s real name.
He said in 2022 that, “It is very disrespectful and unfair to just generate cock and bull story against families. Either the family from Osun State, Amoda Ogunlere or the Tinubu family, you are disrespecting the families. The Amoda family has not come out to say this is my son or my brother and the Tinubu family has also not denied him. So what are they looking for? Is it that the Amoda family or Ogunlere family are not Nigerians or they are of lesser human beings. They need to tell us what they are saying.”
Another spokesman for Tinubu, Dele Alake, has also established a comprehensive defense for his candidate.
In Sept. 2022, he said: “Have you ever seen his document showing the name Amoda or whatever? People say we heard, we heard, rumour mongering nobody has ever shown a document like to say this is the certificate with Amoda or whatever.
“I always say that Nigerians should subject this thing to critical analysis. I am not saying that people should not carry rumours because in political environments or political games like this, opponents must dig anything; any dirt, to throw at you. But the point is he who alleges must prove. You must show documentary evidence, I have seen none.
“Today I can name you professors who never went to secondary schools who passed their exams from home. Let me even shock you further. The Queen of England of the whole world, she never went to any formal school, not elementary, not any. Go and research it; that is the Queen of England,” he said.
Frontline Critics of Tinubu’s name
There are camps from the Nigerian citizens that believe that the APC presidential candidate is not honest about his real name, one of those is David Hundeyin, an investigative journalist who has been an ardent critic of Tinubu. Also, Rinu Oduola, a Nigerian internet personality who was led the endsars protest in 2020.
