Atiku loses suit seeking Tinubu’s academic records in US court
Atiku loses suit seeking Tinubu’s academic records in US court
A suit filed by the presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has suffered defeat in the United States
Atiku had through his legal team tried to subpoena the Chicago State University, United States ahead of the judgment of the Presidential Election Tribunal.
It was however rejected by a Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, United States.
The court dismissed the lawsuit filed by the PDP candidate to get access to President Bola Tinubu’s confidential educational records at Chicago State University. Atiku had reportedly filed the suit without due process but sensing defeat, he quickly withdrew the case.
According to the Circuit Court papers, Justice Patrick J. Heneghan dismissed the case without prejudice. In the judgment of July 31, 2023, the judge held that the “petitioner’s subpoena in this case is withdrawn, and thus Chicago State University will not be deposed pursuant to the subpoena in this case.”
Ruling on the matter, Justice Heneghan said “the case is dismissed without prejudice and resolves all matters pending before the court.”
In an affidavit, the Registrar of Chicago State University, Caleb Westberg, deposed that “Bola Ahmed Tinubu graduated and was awarded a degree by Chicago State University on June 22, 1979.
Reacting to the dismissed case, a political commentator said: “Whether it is in the United States or in Nigeria, whether it is Donald Trump or Atiku Abubakar, election losers should concede their defeat with grace and dignity and without abusing the rule of law.”
