Illinois (U.S.), Oct. 1, 2023 – A U.S. court has given Chicago State University (CSU) up to 48 hours to release academic records of President Bola Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the opposition PDP in the 2023 Presidential Elections.
The United States District Court in Northern Illinois gave the order on Saturday in its ruling in a suit brought by Atiku to order the Chicago State University to release academic records of Tinubu to him to prove his case against Tinubu in the ongoing presential tussle.
The judge, Nancy Maldonado, after dismissing Tinubu’s objection, gave the university until 12 noon on Monday to release the documents to Atiku.
The judge had dismissed Tinubu’s objection to an earlier decision by a judge of a magistrate court, Jeffery Gilbert, on Sept. 20.
Maldonado affirmed Gilbert’s ruling ordering the CSU to release Tinubu’s academic records, saying that Atiku had the right to have access to the records.
“For the reasons stated in the Court’s accompanying Memorandum Opinion and Order, the Court overrules President Tinubu’s objections (44] and adopts Judge Gilbert’s recommended decision [40] in full.
“The Court, therefore, grants Mr. Abubakar’s application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. [1],” Ms Maldonado ruled.
She said the CSU must complete all necessary filings with regard to the release by 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
“Respondent CSU is directed to produce all relevant and non-privileged documents in response to Requests for Production Nos. 1 through 4 (as narrowed by Judge Gilbert and adopted by the District Court in its opinion) in Mr. Abubakar’s subpoena, by 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, on Monday, October 2, 2023.
“The Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of CSU’s corporate designee must be completed by 5:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, October 3, 2023,” the court ordered. (GBN)
