In the event that a US court issues the order, the Chicago State University (CSU) on Thursday pledged to make President Bola Tinubu’s academic records public.
The institution requested that the court order “only limited and targeted discovery” of the data sought by Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential contender.
Remember how the former vice president asked the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago to require CSU to make Tinubu’s academic records public.
According to his credentials, Tinubu earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, and management from CSU in 1979.
There have been claims, meanwhile, that Tinubu’s certificate contains irregularities.
Tinubu’s files are kept at CSU, and Abubakar requested that the court demand them in the lawsuit he brought before the US district court.
The files, according to Abubakar, will put to rest the debate over Tinubu’s educational background and support the election petition tribunal.
In its answer to Atiku’s application, Chicago State University stated that it “does not understand” how Tinubu’s academic achievements “could possibly have any bearing on a 2023 election challenge in a foreign country.”
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The applicant is also requesting information about one of his former employees’ employment, according to CSU, who claimed that some of the application’s requests are “clearly inappropriate.”
“Finally, in the event the Court determines to allow any discovery to proceed here, the University urges the Court to direct only limited, targeted discovery on the University,” CSU said in a response filed by Michael Hayes, its counsel.
“As leave to issue any discovery has not yet been granted, and the Court’s views on what if any discovery is appropriate here under 28 U.S.C. §1782 are not yet known, it is premature for the University to raise objections to the scope of the documents and information sought in Abubakar’s two subpoenas.
“But without limiting further objections, which the University expressly reserves, the University notes that the scope and relevancy of certain of Abubakar’s requests are clearly inappropriate.
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“For example, Abubakar’s document subpoena Request No. 5 seeks information on diplomas issued by the University for a 44-year period (1979 to the present), and Abubakar’s deposition subpoena Topic No. 7 seeks information on the employment status and reasons for the departure of a former employee in the University’s General Counsel’s Office.
“Following this Court’s ruling on the Application, should any discovery be permitted, the University will meet and confer promptly and in good faith with Abubakar’s counsel to attempt to address all the University’s concerns.”
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