Chicago State University (CSU) says it will release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu if a United States court grants the order.

In a document seen by TheCable, the university asked the court to direct “only limited and targeted discovery” of the information sought by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election.


BACKGROUND

Recently, Abubakar approached a US court for the northern district of Illinois in Chicago, for an order compelling CSU to release the academic records of Tinubu.

Tinubu’s credentials show that he graduated from CSU in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting and management.

However, there have been allegations bordering on discrepancies with Tinubu’s certificate.

In the suit filed before the US district court, Abubakar prayed that the court should subpoena Tinubu’s files domiciled with CSU.

Abubakar said the files will settle the controversy surrounding Tinubu’s academic background and aid the election petition tribunal.

The president, through his counsel, had filed a counter application opposing the request for the release of his academic records.

The US court had also ruled that it has the jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the former vice-president.


CSU RESPOND TO ATIKU

The university, in its response to Atiku’s application, said it does not “understand” why Tinubu’s academic records “could possibly have any bearing on a 2023 election challenge in a foreign country”.

CSU argued that some requests in the application are “clearly inappropriate”, adding that the applicant is also seeking the employment details of one of his former employees.

“Finally, in the event the Court determines to allow any discovery to proceed here, the University urges the Court to direct only limited, targeted discovery on the University,” CSU said in a response filed by Michael Hayes, its counsel.

“As leave to issue any discovery has not yet been granted, and the Court’s views on what if any discovery is appropriate here under 28 U.S.C. §1782 are not yet known, it is premature for the University to raise objections to the scope of the documents and information sought in Abubakar’s two subpoenas.

“But without limiting further objections, which the University expressly reserves, the University notes that the scope and relevancy of certain of Abubakar’s requests are clearly inappropriate.

“For example, Abubakar’s document subpoena Request No. 5 seeks information on diplomas issued by the University for a 44-year period (1979 to the present), and Abubakar’s deposition subpoena Topic No. 7 seeks information on the employment status and reasons for departure of a former employee in the University’s General Counsel’s Office.

“Following this Court’s ruling on the Application, should any discovery be permitted, the University will meet and confer promptly and in good faith with Abubakar’s counsel to attempt to address all the University’s concerns.”


ELECTION TRIBUNAL

On June 23, the presidential election petition tribunal admitted certified copies of Tinubu’s academic and professional records tendered by Abubakar and the PDP.

The documents, which include a BSc certificate from Chicago State University, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of service, were tendered through a witness.

On July 4, a counsel to Tinubu submitted 12 documents containing the president’s educational records from CSU.

The petitioners — Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) — told the court that Tinubu allegedly distorted his age and has conflicting academic and personal records.

The tribunal has completed proceedings on the case against Tinubu and will announce a date for judgment.

"Mr Onanuga did not clarify whether or not Mr Tinubu could be held responsible by the law since he was the candidate whose signature appeared on the falsified document filed under oath.....

Mr Onanuga said Nigerians should disregard perjury charges against Mr Tinubu because he has not held any political office since he concluded his two terms in 2007, until earlier this month when he clinched the presidential nomination of the ruling party...."

These are all operated in names of shells & proxies. What morality will Nigeria be preaching by having a president of such opaque composition and disposition?

Either real or imagined, it is said that the only thing that is real about Tinubu is his person and that every other ascription on him is a borrowed robe. He has not come in the open to effectively disclaim the allegation that his name is not his name; that the parents he claimed were not his; that the certificates he claimed to be his are not and that the schools he claimed to have attended, didn’t know him.

I don’t know a baggage bigger than this for a country like Nigeria that is struggling to sell herself to the world, to now have its president burdened by this pernicious pedigree. With the calamity that the Buhari presidency has posed to Nigeria, it will be more calamitous to have a Tinubu as his successor.

Governing Nigeria is not all about identifying surrogates who will man critical political offices for future political gains. Nigeria needs a cerebral, healthy, comparatively morally overboard president.

helinues:
Hope Atiku can now go and rest inside gutter

paramakina202:


Have the court decided their case,why should he rest when the case still on going?

helinues:


Saturday wey go flenjo, na from Friday we for dey see the sign. Signs sighted already

paramakina202:


Wet fes.

helinues:


I no dey go Russia before

Racoon:
THEN:

"Tokunbo Afikuyomi Falsified Tinubu’s Academic Credentials To INEC" - Campaign Team.
https://gazettengr.com/just-in-tokunbo-afikuyomi-falsified-tinubus-academic-credentials-to-inec-says-campaign-headquarters/

NOW:
"Tinubu Blames Chicago State University Clerk For Certificate Anomalies"

That Tinubu attends CSU is not in doubt but the worries are the false credentials his filled in his INEC form in 1999 till date about his primary, secondary school, attending CSU/University of Chicago, Gender issue of his CSU document( appearing as "Female" gender ), his doubtful origin, dubious lifestyle Chicago Heorime drug running scandal and recent the identity theft scandal involving the usage of former Governor Donald Duke's childhood image.Tinubu is a confirmed national and international criminal.

gaby:
That's all we ask of you CSU.

The poor school can't understand how an ex-students academic record could be crucial in determining a country's election tribunal case.

They won't understand that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu that attended CSU could have been an Amoda Yekini. Only we Nigerians know and understand how these could be possible so, let's see how Atiku and his counsel can prove this to us all.

We have nothing against you or our dear BAT.

We just want to know the truth, get this issue done, and dusted, and move on with our national life.

Ashez:
Definitely
The shame will be too much to bear and might cause a heart ache, the night is almost over and the BAT will be exposed.
The New Nigeria is coming faster than we thought

SmartPolician:
I don't know why Atiku is so interested in this case. We should be more worried that we have a president who once pushed drugs on the streets of Chicago.