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U.S. University Releases Nigerian President's Academic Records

The Chicago State University (CSU) has released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to his pollical opponent, Atiku Abubakar, in line with an order of a United States court. The university provided Atiku's legal team with documents related to Tinubu's education and copies of certificates issued to others around the same time.

Atiku, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had approached the U.S. court to compel the university to release Tinubu's records, alleging that he forged his diploma certificate.

The court had dismissed Tinubu's objections to the release of the records, saying that Atiku has the right to have access to them. Atiku argues that this goes to the root of Tinubu's qualification to contest the last presidential election. Although Atiku lost his case against Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Court in early September, he is appealing the decision to the Supreme Court. He hopes to use the CSU records to support his argument that Tinubu forged his diploma.

Atiku and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi have both rejected the September 6, 2023 court judgment declaring Tinubu Nigeria's duly elected president. They have both filed appeals with the Supreme Court to nullify the judgment.

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President Bola Tinubu speaking at the Ecowas summit in Abuja on August 10.

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