The appeal was made on Saturday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, by the Center for Reform and Public Advocacy (CPRA).

According to reports, Tinubu claimed that under the military regime in 1990, someone stole his school certificate.

This was stated in an affidavit that the former governor of Lagos State filed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of his applications for eligibility to run for president in 2023.

Kalu threatened to file a lawsuit against the IGP for an order of mandamus to force him to arrest Tinubu at the end of the deadline if he didn’t take action.

He said that the former governor of Lagos State lied under oath on his form EC 9, which was filed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, making him ineligible to be the next president of Nigeria in 2023.

The group, together with other civic groups, would go to a court of law for judicial review and an order of mandamus to compel the IG to take the necessary action if Buhari and the IG fail to do so, Kalu added.

The activist said that if he was found to have made false allegations against Tinubu, the Police should arrest him and charge him to court appropriately.

He explained that the position of his group for the arrest of Tinubu was not politically motivated but predicated on the need for good governance and transparent leadership Nigeria deserved in the 2023 general election.

He said, “We wrote a petition to the IG on June 16, demanding the prosecution of Tinubu for providing false information on oath in his INEC form CF 001 which he submitted in 1999.

“Since the IG is yet to act on the petition, we are using this press conference to call on the IG to do the needful, he is not above the law, nobody is above the law, Sections 191 and 192 make it a criminal offense to provide false information on oath.

“We are also calling on President Buhari to direct the IG to arrest and prosecute Tinubu for perjury, it is a very serious issue.”