Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered Usman Baba Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), to investigate Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, for perjury.

This followed an application by the Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, a civil rights group, for an order of mandamus compelling Alkali to investigate the politician, Thisday reported.

Earlier, Ugo Nwofor, the group’s lawyer, argued in favour of an ex-parte application in court. The group said it had petitioned the police to investigate Tinubu, but there had been no action by the security agency.

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The failure of the police to honour the petition forced the group to file a suit against the police and the IGP on July 4.

The applicant, in its petition to the IG, claimed that Tinubu lied on oath in the form CF 001 he submitted to INEC in aid of his qualification for the governorship election in Lagos State in 1999.

The group claimed that Tinubu “forged all the educational certificates he listed in his INEC Form CF 001, which he admitted he did not possess in annexure C”.

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“For purpose of clarity, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the said INEC Form deposed to on oath that he attended Government College, Ibadan and University of Chicago, USA, when in actual fact he did not,” the petition read.

“On the strength of the above, we respectfully demand that you initiate the criminal proceedings of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu consequent upon the express findings of the Lagos State House of Assembly as captured above.”

Tinubu is facing allegations of perjury and drug dealings, among others. He allegedly forfeited nearly half a million dollars to the US government after an investigation linked him to drug dealings in the 90s.