According to reports, Tinubu has objected to Atiku’s academic record, and Atiku has requested that the court intervene and make a decision on the matter.

In recent news, it has been reported that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, is urging the United States Court to overrule President Bola Tinubu’s request to prevent Chicago State University from releasing his academic record.

According to reports, Atiku had previously secured an order from a US magistrate for CSU to disclose Tinubu’s academic records to his legal team. However, Tinubu’s lawyers approached the US High Court before the deadline given by the magistrate, arguing that the decision needed to be reviewed by a district judge.

Tinubu’s application, filed by his New York-based lawyer, Oluwole Afolabi, had two reasons. First, he claimed that the academic records were not useful in Nigerian courts. Second, he argued that Atiku’s request allowed for an unduly intrusive fishing expedition into his private, confidential, and protected educational records.

Atiku’s lawyers responded by urging the court to overrule Tinubu’s request in its entirety, clarifying that they were not seeking the disclosure of Tinubu’s educational documents but rather seeking to authenticate documents that are already in the public record.