One of the senior judge of US District Court for the northern district of Illinois, Nancy Maldonado, has halted the release of his university records to Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the February 25 presidential election.
The order staying the execution of Magistrate Jeffrey Gilbert at the Chicago State University, came after Tinubu’s plea that releasing the said documents to Atiku would cause him “severe and irreparable harm.”
In a ruling on Tuesday night, Gilbert directed the Chicago State University (CSU) to release the academic records of Bola Tinubu to Atiku within 48 hours to enable him to prove his claim that Tinubu ought not to have contested the February 25 presidential election on account of alleged perjury and forgery of his CSU certificate.
The judge ruled that the applicant, Atiku Abubakar who’s a former vice-president of Nigeria had shown sufficient reasons why Tinubu’s academic records should be released to him.
The court also ordered the school’s administrators to authenticate any documents submitted under oath. The order for discovery was to come into effect at 3 p.m. on Thursday, before it was stayed by the district court.
Tinubu, in a fresh application specifically asked the District Court to delay the enforcement of the order of Judge Gilbert till Monday, September 25, 2023.
He claimed former vice president Atiku would not be prejudiced against if the court delayed the release of the said documents as he still has up to September 27 to submit materials in support of his appeal at the Supreme Court.
In a short ruling on Thursday night, Chicago time, September 21, Judge Maldonado, who agreed that the matter might be too severe for Tinubu to bear, subsequently granted the application, adding that, “this needs to be handled with care.”
Accordingly, Maldonado directed Tinubu’s lawyers to file a full brief on the matter before or by Monday, September 25, stating that the court may ultimately adopt the magistrate’s recommendation and allow the discovery to go forward, or ask all parties to file fresh briefs in the matter. [CONTINUE READING READING
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