The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to save Nigeria and himself from a “protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety” over the controversy surrounding his certificate.

Peter Obi, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, asked President Tinubu to tell Nigerians the schools he attended, if he participated in the one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme, and to clarify if he indeed changed his name at any time.

These disclosures according to Peter Obi, will “save the country from an international embarrassment of identity crisis”.

“In my opinion, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu should have saved the nation and himself this protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety. Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu still holds the nation on the world obligation only he can discharge.

“I therefore respectfully and humbly call on him to immediately perform a simple task once and for all. He should introduce himself to the nation he governs and to the world for the avoidance of further doubt”.

According to Peter Obi, the Chicago University matter as well as Tinubu’s many other lingering identity question marks have “further worsened Nigeria’s less-than-glorious image internationally.”

He said that outsiders now see every Nigerian as a fraudster, certificate forger, or identity thief, adding that the controversy is unnecessary, just as the implicit global embarrassment could have been avoided.

Watch the full press conference in the video below: