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President Bola Tinubu has filed a motion seeking to prevent a federal court in the United States from releasing his university academic records to Atiku Abubakar, his principal opponent during Nigeria\u2019s February 2023 presidential election.<\/div>\n
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\nAtiku Abubakar had on August 2, approached the States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to issue a subpoena for Chicago State University to release Mr Tinubu\u2019s school records, citing longstanding\u00a0controversies around the Nigerian president\u2019s background.<\/p>\n
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Journalist David Hundeyin obtained records that showed\u00a0a Bola Tinubu that attended\u00a0Chicago State University in the 1970s was a female.<\/p>\n

Pointblanknews.com had reported that CSU registrar\u2019s office claimed it graduated a Bola Tinubu on June 22, 1979, but did not elaborate whether the student was a male or female, much less if it is the same person now occupying Nigeria\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

Mr Abubakar told the court he was seeking the documents as part of discovery to strengthen his legal challenge against the declaration of Mr Tinubu as Nigeria\u2019s president on March\u00a01, 2023, following the hotly-contested February 23 election.<\/p>\n

But Mr Tinubu quickly gathered his team of attorneys and asked to be added as an interested party in the suit, alleging that\u00a0Chicago State University might be unable to fully protect his interest as the owner of the records being sought.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Tinubu should be allowed to join or intervene because he has a\u00a0direct personal interest in records sought, his interests are not fully represented or protected by Respondent Chicago State University, and his interests will be affected if\u00a0he is not permitted to join or intervene,\u201d the Nigerian leader argued in his motion to join the suit filed on August 3 and submitted by his Chicago attorney Christopher Carmichael.<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago State University stated that its\u00a0obligation is satisfied by providing notice of the application and attempt to access the\u00a0records. Chicago State\u2019s position is that it does not have an obligation to oppose the application and, therefore, CSU does not adequately represent Mr Tinubu\u2019s interests,\u201d the filing said.<\/p>\n

Consequently, Mr Tinubu argued that the records should not be released because they fell under a 1974 privacy law for American students.<\/p>\n

Mr Abubakar\u2019s lawsuit \u201cindirectly seeks relief against Mr Tinubu by seeking his records that the federal and state governments have determined should be confidential. See 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1232(g) (describing the purpose of the Federal Educational Records and Privacy Act of 1974 as to protect students from a school\u2019s unauthorized release of a student\u2019s records); 105 ILCS 10\/6(a) (prohibiting the release, transfer, disclosure and dissemination of school student records),\u201d the attorneys argued.<\/p>\n

A federal judge had been assigned to the case, and both parties anticipated its expedited hearing and disposal, especially after Mr Abubakar argued that the Nigerian election petitions tribunal would deliver a verdict around September 21, 2023.<\/p>\n

Mr Abubakar previously filed a suit before a county court in Chicago, Illinois, but withdrew it in order to file a more comprehensive case at the federal court, which prompted a county judge to dismiss the earlier case from the docket and cleared the path for Mr Abubakar\u2019s federal complaint. Even though the county court handed off the case without prejudice, some Nigerian media outlets erroneously reported that Mr Abubakar\u2019s substantive case was dismissed. But the Nigerian opposition leader\u2019s filing showed he withdrew the case voluntarily to avoid any perception he was abusing the court process.<\/p>\n

Mr Abubakar, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), welcomed Mr Tinubu\u2019s motion to join the suit. His team of lawyers said their client did not oppose Mr Tinubu\u2019s intention to join the suit, saying he was, in fact, previously told he should feel free to join.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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