A US court has dismissed a suit filed by former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar requesting the academic records of President Bola
Tinubu.
Tinubu said he holds a bachelor of science degree in
business administration from the Chicago State University.
In January 2023, Beverly Poindexter, the staff in charge of
transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification, confirmed that the
president attended the university between 1977 and 1979.
However, Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, has maintained that the
president’s academic records were forged.
Recently, Atiku filed a suit seeking to subpoena the
university to produce Tinubu’s academic records.
Documents sought by Atiku, through his counsel, Angela Liu,
include a record of Tinubu’s admission and acceptance at the university, dates
of attendance including degrees, awards and honours attained by Tinubu at the
university, among others.
But he withdrew the suit before the date fixed for the
hearing.
In a ruling delivered on July 31, Patrick Heneghan,
presiding judge at the circuit court of Cook County, Illinois, dismissed the
case following the withdrawal.
“Petitioner’s subpoena in this case is withdrawn and thus
Chicago State University will not be deposed pursuant to the subpoena in this
case,” the judge held.
“The case is dismissed without prejudice and resolves all
matters pending before the court.”
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