In recent news, there has been a ruling by United States Judge Nancy Maldonado at the U.S District Court, Northern District of Illinois against President Bola Tinubu.
The judge has ordered Chicago State University (CSU) to release Mr Tinubu’s academic records to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party by 12 noon on Monday.
Additionally, CSU officials are required to give a deposition on Tuesday where they will be questioned under oath about Bola Tinubu’s credentials. As per Jackson Ude, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, the deposition holds more significance than the release of Tinubu’s academic records.
Jackson noted that a lot would be revealed when officials of the University is questioned under oath on Tuesday.
Prior to now, Mr Tinubu had feared that allowing the deposition of CSU officials to go forward could inflict severe, irreparable damage to his life, saying Atiku was only on a fishing expedition to fuel online conspiracy theories.
The identity of who was admitted into Chicago State University in the 1970s which has been a hot issue after college transcripts indicated that the school admitted a female Bola Tinubu from Southwest College Chicago in 1977 is what is believably going to be revealed on Tuesday.
Judge Maldonado’s judgment comes after the legal team of Tinubu filed a plea at the court for Chicago State University not to release his academic records to Atiku.
Mr Atiku had earlier secured an order from Jeffrey Gilbert’s Magistrate Court for the American institution to make the President’s academic records available to his legal team.
The documents sought by Atiku, through his counsel, Angela Liu, include the record of admission and acceptance at the university, dates of attendance including degrees, awards, and honours attained by the former governor of Lagos State at the university, among others
However, in what is said to be a final judgment, Judge Nancy Maldonado ordered Tinubu’s academic records to be released on Saturday and further warned Tinubu against further appeal as the Court would not entertain such.