Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party—PDP, will soon present before the Supreme Court the academic records of President Bola Tinubu obtained from the Chicago State University.
The PDP deputy national publicity secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this on Tuesday, noting that the CSU record showed that Tinubu presented a conflicting documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission—INEC.
Abdullahi hinted that the relevant documents would be presented before the Supreme Court to prove the PDP and Atiku’s case against Tinubu.
Recall that Atiku had filed 35 grounds of appeal at the apex court to cancel the presidential election petitions court’s verdict that affirmed Tinubu as the winner of the last presidential election.
When asked if they were satisfied with the documents released by the CSU, Abdullahi said, “Yes we are; that was exactly what we requested. We have suspected and proven that we have a conflicting record about Tinubu, the president of the country, and that is why we sought reliefs from the court to see what he was issued when he graduated from the Chicago State University as he claimed in 1979.”
“He who alleges must prove. Now that we have the document, we will tender it before the Supreme Court. So it’s now for the revered justices of the Supreme Court to see if indeed what we have said against this person can be proven, and then the necessary thing be done per the extant provisions, laws and the Electoral Act.”
Declaring that ‘the game is up,’ Abdullahi stated, “If the judiciary has any modicum of honour left in it, this is the time to prove it and if Tinubu and his people, APC have anything good for Nigeria in their entire conception, this is the time to prove it. Tinubu and the APC should apologise to Nigerians, hand over and go.”
CSU had on Monday released Tinubu’s academic records to former vice president Atiku following court order.
Magistrate Jeffrey Gilbert had on September 19 granted Atiku’s request for the release of Tinubu’s academic records but the President filed a review of the order.
Tinubu’s lawyers insisted that the documents would not be relevant in Atiku’s appeal against Tinubu at the Supreme Court and asked for a review of the ruling.
However, Justice Nancy Maldonado, a federal judge, overruled Tinubu’s objections and ordered the CSU to release the president’s academic records.