Tinubu tenders Chicago University academic records as Tribunal opens defence
President Bola Tinubu has submitted his educational records from the Chicago State University to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
This is as Tinubu commenced his defence against the petition lodged by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Tinubu’s legal representative, presented copies of these documents during the court proceedings. Additionally, a 2007 letter from the United States Embassy in Nigeria, which cleared Tinubu of any criminal charges in the US, was tendered. The lawyer also submitted the letter of request from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to the US Embassy.
The academic records from Chicago State University comprised 12 certified documents. These records were endorsed on June 28, 2023, by Jamar C. Orr, the Associate General Counsel at the Office of Legal Affairs at Chicago State University.
Furthermore, the defence team presented six documents related to Tinubu’s immigration and visa records, documenting his trips to the United States between 2011 and 2021, among other supporting evidence.
The documents tendered are as follows:
- 1 CTC of Letter from the Nigeria Police to the United States Embassy, dated 3rd February, 2003.
- 1 CTC of Letter from the United States Embassy to the Nigeria Police, dated 4th February, 2003.
- 12 CTC’s of bundles of president Bola Tinubu’s Educational Record from the Chicago State University.
- 6 CTC’s of president Tinubu’s immigration documents and US Visas.
- 1 CTC of Report of the Committee on the Allocation of the Federal Capital of Nigeria.
- 1 CTC of Form EC8D for Kano State in respect of the 25th February,2023 presidential election.
- 1 CTC of Form EC8D(A) in respect of the presidential election of 25th February, 2023.
- 1 CTC of Originating summons in SC/CV/354/2023 dated 28th February, 2023, filed by the AG’s of Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto States
- 1 CTC of page 35 of ThisDay Newspaper dated 5th March, 2023.
- 1 СТС of frontpage and page 5 of ThisDay Newspaper of 17th February, 2023.
11.1 CTC of page 2 of Sunday Sun Newspaper of 19th March, 2023
- 1 CTC of page 28 of Nigerian Tribune Newspaper of 23rd February, 2023.
- 1 CTC of Page 27 of The Punch Newspaper of 3rd March, 2023.
- 1 CTC of Pages 1 and 7 of The Nation Newspaper of 3rd March, 2023.
