A U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, on Tuesday, ordered the Chicago State University (CST) to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu.
This is following a request made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar.
Judge Gilbert, a US magistrate judge in charge of the court, in his ruling, ordered Chicago State University to produce โall relevant and non-privileged documentsโ to Abubakar Atiku, the plaintiff, within two days.
The ruling acknowledged Tinubuโs lawyersโ argument against lifting their clientโs privacy privilege and clarified that only โnon-privileged documentsโ should be produced.
However, it said once an order is granted by a court in the United States (US), Tinubuโs academic record would be made public.
Meanwhile, Daily Trust reports that the University had shielded its X page (formerly Twitter) from the public following a barrage of enquiries unleashed on it by some Nigerians on whether President Tinubu graduated from the school.
Netizens stormed the page following Atikuโs petition.
Daily Trust confirmed that the page which was earlier Public, has been locked with a message that read: โThese posts are protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @ChicagoStateโs posts and complete profiles. Tap a Follow button to send a follow request.โ
In January 2022, CSU confirmed through Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment, and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, that Tinubu attended the institution.
DAILY TRUST
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