The United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois has issued a ruling for the Chicago State University to release the academic records of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This ruling was passed by Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday, September 19, stating that GSU should release “all relevant and non-privileged documents” to Abubakar Atiku, the plaintiff, within 48 hours.
As reported by PMNews, the CSU will most likely tender what has been circulating in the public domain over the past few days.
The legal representative of Tinubu had insisted that his client would not be willing to lift his privacy privilege, with the ruling also conceding this by using the term’ non-privileged documents”.
It will be recalled that on the same day of the judgment of the US court, Atiku officially filed his appeal before the Supreme Court against the verdict of the presidential election petition court (PEPC)
The PEPC, in its ruling, affirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential polls held on Saturday, February 25.
In his petition before the apex court, Atiku was on the premise of a 35-ground appeal accusing the PEPC of misinterpreting the amended 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.
Before the judgment of the US Court, the GSU, in its deposition, claimed before the court that President Tinubu was a former student of the institution and graduated in 1979.
Atiku’s request for Tinubu’s academic records is expected to be included against Tinubu’s emergence as President at the 2023 presidential polls.
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. court in Chicago, Illinois orders Chicago State University to immidiately release to @atiku all documents and academic records related to Miss Bola A. Tinubu. pic.twitter.com/I9eQ0sqLUS
— Abdul Rasheeth (@Rasheethe) September 19, 2023
Let me summarize the court judgment in Chicago
— SM (@ReneRodrig1142) September 20, 2023
Firstly, the judge dismissed the arguments presented by Tinubu's lawyer in the initial paragraphs of the judgment. Tinubu's lawyers claimed that Atiku, who requested the certificate and other documents, should not have been… pic.twitter.com/x57iWWqmkp
