US Court Orders CSU to Release Tinubu’s Academic Records to Atiku

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favour of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Atiku Abubakar, and ordering that the Chicago State University should release President Tinubu’s academic record to the former vice president by Monday, October 2.

Judge Nancy Maldonado, in her judgment noted that CSU raised no objection to Judge Jeffery Gilbert’s decision that the 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.

Judge Maldonado overruled Tinubu’s objections to Judge Gilbert’s recommended ruling and therefore adopted the ruling in full.

The memorandum opinion and order also read that in light of the pending, the Supreme Court of Nigeria deadline represented to the Court as October 5, 2023, and based on CSU’s representations that it is ready to comply with the discovery requests and produce a witness, the Court sets an expedited schedule for completion of discovery