Chicago University Finally Replies Atiku

Chicago State University (CSU) has again confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu graduated from the institution in 1979.

It stated this in response to an application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar.

The United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, on August 9, ordered the university to respond to the application.

The case, numbered 1:23-cv-05099, is before Judge Maldonado Gilbert.

According to Chicago State University, in a recent conference with Atiku’s counsel about the application, it was confirmed that the evidentiary phase of the Nigerian proceeding has concluded.

Atiku’s lawyer, the university added, had insisted that the information sought in the application might be introduced in appellate proceedings to come.

The university urged the court, when ruling on the Atiku’s application, to scrutinise both the actual status of the Nigerian proceeding and the likelihood that any discovery information provided by the university would in fact be considered in the proceeding.