US court dismisses Atiku’s case against Tinubu on Chicago varsity records

US court dismisses Atiku’s case against Tinubu on Chicago varsity records

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has suffered another legal blow.
A Circuit court at Illinois County of the United States has dismissed the lawsuit filed by Atiku to get access to President Bola Tinubu’s confidential educational records at Chicago State University.

According to the court papers obtained by Daily Trust on Sunday at the weekend, Justice Patrick J. Heneghan dismissed the case without prejudice.

In the judgement, dated July 31, 2023, the judge held that the “Petitioner’s subpoena in this case is withdrawn, and thus Chicago State University will not be deposed pursuant to the subpoena in this case.”
Justice Heneghan ruled, “The case is dismissed without prejudice and resolves all matters pending before the court.”

Atiku and his loyalists had claimed that President Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University in a bid to disqualify his candidature.

Meanwhile the registrar of the Chicago university has again confirmed that Tinubu is a long time and distinguished alumnus of the institution.

In an affidavit, the registrar of Chicago State University, Caleb Westberg, deposed that “Bola Ahmed Tinubu graduated and was awarded a degree by Chicago State University on June 22, 1979.

Daily Trust reported that efforts to get the reaction of the media office of Atiku were not successful.

Atiku’s media adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, did not answer his calls and was yet to react to messages sent to his phone as of the time of filing the report.