A United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted request of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, seeking the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University (CSU).
In a verdict delivered by US Magistrate, Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday, the court directed the CSU to provide “all relevant and non-privileged documents” to Atiku within two days.
The verdict also acknowledged Tinubu’s lawyers’ argument against lifting their client’s privacy privilege and clarified that only “non-privileged documents” should be produced.
Gilbert said , “This matter is before the Court on Atiku Abubakar’s Application Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for an Order Directing Discovery from Chicago State University for Use in a Foreign Proceeding (“Application”) [ECF No. 1]. For the reasons discussed below, the Application is granted.”
Atiku had initiated the legal action seeking an order to compel the university to release Tinubu’s academic records .
