Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of the U.S District Court, Northern District of Illinois, USA, has ordered Chicago State University to release the academic records of Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar.
Gilbert, a US magistrate judge, gave the ruling recently and ordered CSU to produce “all relevant and non-privileged documents” to Atiku Abubakar, the plaintiff, within two days.
Tinubu’s lawyers have put up an argument that their client is not willing to lift his privacy privilege, with the ruling also conceding this by using the term ‘non-privileged documents”.
In its deposition before the court, the university consistently confirmed that Tinubu attended the university and graduated in 1979.
Atiku has also approached the Supreme Court, seeking to set aside the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which affirmed Tinubu’s election on September 6.
In the Notice of Appeal, Atiku predicated on 35 grounds, insisted that the tribunal in the judgment delivered by Justice Haruna Tsammani committed grave error and miscarriage of justice in its findings and conclusion in the petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as President by INEC.
He maintained that the tribunal erred in law when it failed to nullify the presidential election held on February 25.
He wants the election nullified on the grounds of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022, when by evidence before the tribunal, INEC conducted the election based on grave and gross misrepresentation contrary to the principles of the Electoral Act 2022, based on the “doctrine of legitimate expectation”.
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