Tinubu Refusing To Clear Alleged Academic Inconsistencies: Atiku.

The Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused presidential candidate Bola Tinubu of not being forthcoming to clear up alleged inconsistencies in his academic achievements and set the records straight by allowing the expedition of the legal process.

The former Vice President said he is puzzled by Tinubu’s “vigorous opposition” to a request asking the Chicago State University to make open disclosure on the matter and help to unravel the controversy around his educational qualifications.

According to a statement from Atiku’s media office yesterday, his counsel, Liu Angela, said she had sent an email to Tinubu’s lawyers asking for their cooperation in asking the Chicago State University about documents that are already in the public domain, which have been submitted in proceeding in the Nigerian court.

She said the email sent on August 3, 2023, requests “to learn CSU’s position on whether, how, and when they were provided to other Nigerian litigants and CSU’s position on the authenticity of the documents.”

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According to Angela, “Mr Tinubu should have been keen to clear up any inconsistencies in his academic achievements and set the records straight by allowing the expedition of the legal process.

“If there is an explanation for the discrepancies we have identified, we would think Mr Tinubu would be eager to provide it. If you want to explain it to us, we will consider it. That might preclude the need for, or at least expedite the deposition,” the lawyer said.

Atiku has thus, through his lawyer, expressed a willingness to cooperate with Mr Tinubu’s legal team to shut down controversies surrounding the president’s credentials.

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But rather than extend the same cooperation to Atiku’s lawyer, the team representing Tinubu has vehemently opposed all initiatives to set the records straight about Tinubu’s education claims at the Chicago State University.

The former Vice President said he is puzzled by Tinubu’s “vigorous opposition.

Ms Angela thus stressed that Mr Tinubu’s adamant refusal to grant them access to his school records has only fuelled suspicions and suggested that he has something to conceal.

“In candour, the vehemence of Mr Tinubu’s opposition to this discovery is increasing rather than mitigating our suspicions,” Mr Angela asserted.

The lawyer representing Atiku further noted disappointment about how Tinubu is frustrating and stalling the entire judicial process.

She explained that Tinubu had been advised to join the case earlier since the applicant would not oppose the request, but that he chose to remain silent and waited until Atiku’s team had submitted an ‘Order Directing Discovery’ of his academic records in court before expressing an interest in joining the suit.

Then, “Mr Tinubu turned around a week later and headed straight to the States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to apply to join as previously advised without consulting with Mr Abubakar, perceived as a devious delay gimmick.

“At the outset, Applicant emphasizes that he does not oppose the Motion, but questions why Mr Tinubu filed it, instead of contacting and coordinating with Applicant’s counsel to submit a joint submission,” Ms Angela wrote in her response to Mr Tinubu’s motion to join on August 4.

“Thus, on July 27, 2023, almost a week before filing the application, counsel for the applicant advised counsel for Mr Tinubu and CSU that the applicant intended to file the application and that he was “willing to stipulate to Mr Tinubu’s intervention in the Section 1782 federal action,” Atiku’s lawyer told the court.

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