Court Admits Tinubu’s Chicago State University Records In Evidence
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Tuesday, admitted in evidence, the Chicago State University educational records of President Bola Tinubu.
President Tinubu, who formally opened his defense in a petition filed against his victory by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, presented the credentials and other documents through his lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN).
The educational records, which were certified by the Associate General Counsel Office of the Legal Affairs, Chicago State University, Jamar C. Or on June 28, 2023, comprised the admission letter offered to Tinubu by the University, among other documents.
He also tendered the US Visa documents, which indicated that he severally visited the United States of America (USA) unhindered between 2011 and 2021.
He tendered all documents of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), which cleared him for the US trips.
Also admitted, as exhibited by the Court is the United States of America’s Embassy letter in response to a letter by the Nigerian Police, which claimed that the Embassy had no criminal records of Tinubu in the USA.
Other documents tendered by the 2nd respondents are Form EC8D(A), being the summary of Kano state presidential election results, a certified true copy of an originating summons of a suit marked SC/CV/354/2023, filed at the Supreme Court by the Attorneys General of Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, and Sokoto States challenging the educational qualification of Tinubu to stand for the 2023 presidential election copies of newspaper publications were also admitted by the court.
Although the Counsel to the petitioners, Mr. Chris Uche, SAN, objected to the admissibility of the documents in evidence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not oppose the admissibility of the documents.
The presiding judge, Justice Haruna Tsammani, admitted the documents in evidence and marked them appropriately as exhibits.
The matter was adjourned till Wednesday.
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