After the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), one would ordinarily think that the storm was over for President Bola Tinubu. But you see that Tribunal was just a tip of the iceberg.
While other petitioners seem to have given up, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) were just getting started.
Shortly after the Tribunal’s judgement, Atiku had pulled a string that nobody expected. He petitioned the Chicago State University (CSU) to release the academic records of Tinubu, a move that left many Nigerians in awe.
Indeed, if the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a student of the prestigious institution and was as intelligent as claimed, it was time to prove it.
Atiku’s Petition
The former vice president’s petition had put the varsity in a very tight corner that they were left with no choice but to release more academic records of President Bola Tinubu.
Atiku is also challenging the declaration of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 poll.
Parts of Atiku’s petitions include challenging the academic records of the APC presidential candidate.
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To him, Tinubu did not graduate from Chicago State University, as claimed in his academic records.
Clash Of Interest
In a copy of the latest judgment by the US Court, Judge Nancy Maldonado, noted that CSU raised no objection to Judge Jeffery Gilbert’s decision that Tinubu’s academic record be made public.
The court explained that any intrusion on Tinubu’s privacy interests in his educational records is outweighed by Atiku’s interest in the sought-after discovery.
Maldonado overruled Tinubu’s objections to Gilbert’s recommended ruling and therefore adopted the ruling in full.
Subsequently, CSU on Monday night, released a 32-page document revealing Tinubu’s full academic records with the varsity.
See the full document ==> President Bola Tinubu’s academic records.
