Sunday, October 1, 2023

Senior U.S. judge denies Bola Tinubu’s emergency appeal, orders CSU to turn over records to Atiku, testify under oath Monday afternoon.

The ruling marks a major blow to Mr Tinubu and a progress for Mr Abubakar, who has been seeking the records to establish that the Nigerian president tnedered forged certificate.


President Bola Tinubu has lost his emergency application to block Chicago State University from releasing his academic records to Atiku Abubakar.

Judge Nancy Maldonado of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago said the decision of a lower federal magistrate judge on September 19 was appropriate and adopted it in full.

“The Court overrules President Tinubu’s objections to Magistrate Judge Gilbert’s recommended ruling, and therefore adopts the ruling in full. Mr Abubakar’s application is therefore granted,” the judge ruled. ‘In light of the pending Supreme Court of Nigeria deadline, represented to the court as October 5, 2023, and based on CSU’s representations that it is ready to comply with the discovery requests and produce a witness, the court sets an expedited schedule for completion of discovery.”

Ms Maldonado, a district judge, also said the CSU should turn over the records to Mr Abubakar by 12:00 p.m. Monday and also make its officials available for deposition to authenticate the documents by 5:00 p.m. on the same day.

The judge said any attempt by Mr Tinubu to appeal the judgement in the district would no longer be tolerated as Mr Abubakar must transfer the collected evidence to the Nigerian Supreme Court for use in an ongoing election petition case by October 5.

“CSU is directed to produce all relevant and non-privileged documents in response to Requests for Production Nos. 1 through 4 (as narrowed by Judge Gilbert and adopted here) in Mr. Abubakar’s subpoena, by 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, on Monday, October 2, 2023,” she added. “The Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of CSU’s corporate designee must be completed by 5:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Given the October 5, 2023, filing deadline before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Court will not extend or modify these deadlines.”

The judge, however, said Mr Tinubu is free to file his appeal directly before the Seventh Circuit, which is the main appellate court overseeing Illinois and nearby states, an attempt that would likely prove daunting given the tight window for compliance by CSU.

The ruling marks a major blow to Mr Tinubu and a huge victory for Mr Abubakar, who has been seeking the records to establish that Mr Tinubu presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission when he submitted his application to run for president in June 2022.

Section 137 (1)(j) of the Nigerian Constitution (amended in 2010) specifically stated that no one would be legitimately elected president of Nigeria if the person “has presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.”

Prior to the ruling late Saturday night, Judge Maldonado had acknowledged the significant public interest dimension of the case, saying it would cause her to expedite justice for all parties.

The president did not deny the charges that the certificate was forged, especially as it was purportedly signed by administrators who were not even at the school when he graduated in 1979, but only insisted, alongside the school, that he attended and graduated.

He also said releasing the documents with deposition would cause him severe harm because they were private to him and would not be admissible in the ongoing petition against him in Nigeria, an argument that further fueled nationwide concern about what the president might have been hiding about himself from Nigerians.

The CSU said it would state under oath that Mr Tinubu attended, but it won’t be able to certify the authenticity of the certificate he paraded in Nigeria under oath.

Mr Abubakar’s lawyers would now be able to test the school’s claims, alongside Mr Tinubu’s, during tomorrow’s records release.

Courtesy: People's Gazette.

Make we no jubilate yet

rayvelez:
Make we no jubilate yet

Why do you think so?, Did you see where the judge said, unnecessary appeals which of course she understands as delay tactics will not be tolerated? Let those files come in tomorrow. The underlying truth is, there's something not right in that certificate. Let the school tell us why they can depose under oath that he graduated, but can't vouch for the certificate he is parading under same oath!! Fingers crossed.

Supposing this records happens to be incriminating, and Atiku has till 5th Otober to file it in under normal circumstances and he succeeds with filling it in. On what technical grounds will the judges throw it out. PRE ELECTION MATTERS

Ecosystem4u:


Why do you think so?, Did you see where the judge said, unnecessary appeals which of course she understands as delay tactics will not be tolerated? Let those files come in tomorrow. The underlying truth is, there's something not right in that certificate. Let the school tell us why they can depose under oath that he graduated, but can't vouch for the certificate he is parading under same oath!! Fingers crossed.

That guy is right o boss.
The US government is involved in this matter and if it's true that they are blackmailing Tinubu, technicalities can still come in.
Let's just pray now.

We are waiting.

Abrahamweb:

That guy is right o boss.
The US government is involved in this matter and if it's true that they are blackmailing Tinubu, technicalities can still come in.
Let's just pray now.

What do you mean 'blackmailing' that word has never come up and doesn't apply here.

I noticed how Seun have been ignoring this topic since yesterday.
Same Seun won't hesitate to push any useless rubbish from Reno ofockery to home page.

and dude is wondering why some people detest him.
the double standard is nauseating.

BaddestQueen:
I noticed how Seun have been ignoring this topic since yesterday.
Same Seun won't hesitate to push any useless rubbish from Reno ofockery to home page.

and dude is wondering why some people detest him.
the double standard is nauseating.

Because it is fake

Judge Nancy L. Maldona is not your regular kind of Judges/Justices back here, that specializes in dishing out Judgments and not Justice🤓

Majesty7:


Because it is fake

shatap

the criminal must be humiliated and known as a criminal he is

Good

Atiku will see the vanity he is looking for

Getting interesting, let's sit back and watch as this unfolds

Sweet news

duro4chang:
Atiku will see the vanity he is looking for

Because he's determine to expose this fraud? No he won't "see anything" because he is doing the nation a great service. He is patriotic.

The major issue at stake now is that the supreme court has a deadline of 5th of October for submission of new evidence, labour union is threatening strike on the 3rd! What do you think is the correlation? Don't you think the labour union is compromised?. Just mark my word our Okpolo eyed drug trafficker and certificate forger will make no attempt to stop the strike so court will not sit on the 5th! Fingers crossed.

Majesty7:


Because it is fake

Nnama

Once he is found guilty of any forgery the masses should arise and boot him out

Breezy wind to blow open unpleasant things.

Ecosystem4u:
The major issue at stake now is that the supreme court has a deadline of 5th of October for submission of new evidence, labour union is threatening strike on the 3rd! What do you think is the correlation? Don't you think the labour union is compromised?. Just mark my word our Okpolo eyed drug trafficker and certificate forger will make no attempt to stop the strike so court will not sit on the 5th! Fingers crossed.

Wow.
This your analysis is spot on

stanisbaratheon:


Wow.
This your analysis is spot on

Is a calculated move by labour, but it will fail, we can't come this far and be hindered by a greedy civil servant.

Ecosystem4u:


What do you mean 'blackmailing' that word has never come up and doesn't apply here.

It's been "rumored" that the FBI files are being used to control him.

This is a very significant development, and only one of 2 things are possible: Either Tinubu is vindicated of this certificate thing once and for all (this seems unlikely), or this becomes his Waterloo and political end.

If forgery is proven, or the original CSU student admitted in 1978 turns out to be a female, I see no middle ground, even with a monumentally corrupt judiciary.

For the sake of Nigeria and her future, the next 48 hours need to come very quickly.

Great outcome for Nigeria.

We wait....

duro4chang:
Atiku will see the vanity he is looking for

. Guy, calm down , in 2019 Bihari and APC rigged Atiku out, Atiku was so furious , he wanted to play dirty and expose the deals is Aso Rock, he wanted to play a very bad one that will shake the foundation of Nigeria, the northern elites and elders saw saw the risk, they had series of secret meetings with Atiku to calm down which Atiku later did, he later warned that nobody should rig his election again, APC and Tinubu thought Atiku was playing, this time around Atiku is ready for anything, even to kill, he is ready to expose Nigeria, mark it here after dealing with Tinubu , he is going to embarrass INEC chairman, let him pray that Atiku did not disqualify Tinubu in the supreme court, Mahmud will cry like a baby