BREAKING: U.S. Court Denies Tinubu’s Emergency Appeal, Orders Chicago University To Produce 'Relevant, Non-Privileged' Academic Records For Atiku By Noon On Monday

Tinubu had pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender and admission records, among others of the owner of the certificate.

President Bola Tinubu has lost his emergency appeal to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago to stop Chicago State University from releasing his academic records to Atiku Abubakar.

In her ruling on Tinubu’s emergency application in case No. 23 CV 05099, Judge Nancy L. Maldonado overruled “President Tinubu's objections to Magistrate Judge Gilbert's recommended ruling, and therefore adopts the ruling in full”.

SaharaReporters reported on September 23 that Tinubu appealed against the ruling of Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert, sitting at the United States’ District Court of Northern Illinois which ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release all relevant records pertaining to him to Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

SaharaReporters had reported how the federal court in Chicago, while ruling on the civil case filed by Atiku Abubakar granted the applicant's request to the court, stating that the former Vice President had been able to sufficiently satisfy the purpose for seeking the records.

Tinubu subsequently pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender and admission records, among others of the owner of the certificate.

SaharaReporters had reported that Abubakar brought the case before the court in an effort to establish that Tinubu was not eligible to be Nigerian president despite his election in February 2023 and that he tendered a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


INEC had declared Tinubu as the winner of the election, saying Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party came second and Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third.


In the judgment obtained by SaharaReporters on Sunday, Justice Maldonado ruled, “For the foregoing reasons, 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. 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.


Justice Maldonado therefore directed CSU “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. 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,” she added.The ruling titled Memorandum Opinion and Order also read, “Atiku Abubakar initiated this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a federal statute that allows a federal district court to order a person or entity within the district to produce documents or testimony for use in a foreign legal proceeding.

“Mr. Abubakar is a former Vice President of Nigeria and was a candidate for president in Nigeria's February 2023 presidential election. Mr. Abubakar seeks an order under 28 US.C. § 1782 directing Chicago State University ("CSU), which is located in this district, to produce certain documents and testimony related to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the declared winner of the February 2023 Nigerian presidential election.

“Mr. Abubakar has challenged the validity of President Tinubu's election in Nigerian courts on a number of grounds, including a claim that President Tinubu submitted a forged diploma to the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission ("INEC) stating that he graduated from CSU.

 
“Mr. Abubakar contends the fraudulent submission would have disqualified President Tinubu from participating in the election, and he therefore seeks records and testimony from CSU related to President Tinubu's diploma, and his graduation from CSU, to support Mr. Abubakar's challenge to the election results.”
 

https://saharareporters.com/2023/10/01/breaking-us-court-denies-tinubus-emergency-appeal-orders-chicago-university-produce nlfpmod

Nigeria just needs a resting to a new default mode. This nation have the capacity to be great but not with what has happened and to worsened it, it doesn't deserve the current bunch criminally irresponsible useless ensemble of leaders led by the illegitimate president.

This is the country where thing works. This is not a country where balabloo-blu-bulava heroin drug baronism, agberoism and criminality can be tolerated or waved off with a wave of hand or technically of a country’s supreme Court.

A thief is always a thief. No matter the type of format he tries to use. Gbola Tilumbu is a known drug criminal and serial fraudster. He has no certificate from any institution in Chicago except criminal records. He can only boast of a certificate in advanced crime.

I learnt some of Gbola Tilumbu's online miscreants got their 33k monthly stipend two days ago. That's why they have intensified their slavish and asslicking mode online.

Criminal I said it earlier when it was reported that the Mayor of Chicago wished Nigeria a "happy independence." There was something cooking. E don't be for the heroin-sniffing balabloo-blu-bulava baron illegitimate president.

What a gracious independence gift.

“Given the October 5, 2023, filing deadline before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Court will not extend or modify these deadlines,” she added.

Respect to judge Nancy.
This is a judge that may have never been to Nigeria.
This is a judge that may have never had dealings with Nigerians. But she is concerned about justice being served in our nation.

Here in our nation, our own judges are concerned and sold out to corrupt themselves, destroy the nation, destroy the land, destroy the constitution and destroy everything.

This is why the land is in darkness.

“Given the October 5, 2023, filing deadline before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Court will not extend or modify these deadlines,” she added.The ruling titled Memorandum Opinion and Order also read, “Atiku Abubakar initiated this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a federal statute that allows a federal district court to order a person or entity within the district to produce documents or testimony for use in a foreign legal proceeding.

“Mr. Abubakar is a former Vice President of Nigeria and was a candidate for president in Nigeria's February 2023 presidential election. Mr. Abubakar seeks an order under 28 US.C. § 1782 directing Chicago State University ("CSU), which is located in this district, to produce certain documents and testimony related to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the declared winner of the February 2023 Nigerian presidential election.

“Mr. Abubakar has challenged the validity of President Tinubu's election in Nigerian courts on a number of grounds, including a claim that President Tinubu submitted a forged diploma to the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission ("INEC) stating that he graduated from CSU.

Guess our country can see how it's being done without any political colouration or executive interference? Shame on the Nigerian judiciary

this man na criminal

E sweet me die

Big SHAME

Shameful to see people supporting this man.

So Shameful

Interesting but let's wait to see the contents ...also waiting for FBI. In all let's just be expectantly patient.

Dest8sman:
If the country had a reliable court of justice, it wouldn't have gotten to this. But what they have is technical courts.

ThiefnubuBandit:
A thief is always a thief. No matter the type of format he tries to use. Gbola Tilumbu is a known drug criminal and serial fraudster. He has no certificate from any institution in Chicago except criminal records. He can only boast of a certificate in advanced crime.

I learnt some of Gbola Tilumbu's online miscreants got their 33k monthly stipend two days ago. That's why they have intensified their slavish and asslicking mode online.

BaddestQueen:
this man na criminal

Wittyness

If the country had a reliable court of justice, it wouldn't have gotten to this. But what they have is court of technicalities.
A case of this magnitude was instituted in one week, and saw judgement delivered the same week in three different occasions. If it was in Nigeria, it would have taken three to four years and ended in technicality.

😜😒🤔

Allow Tinubu to lie on the bed he sprayed

but i thought they said Atiku was banned in the US how come he is tormenting first class tinubu there
reno omockery collected money from Atiku to investigate tinubu chicago University result and ate it then collected another money from tinubu only to come out and lie that balablu is clean

May Chukwu Okike Abiama bless and safeguard Mazi Bola Tinubu for us
Iseeeeeee

Go to court , now court judgement don give them chokehold.

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....