President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has prayed the Supreme Court to dismiss the controversial certificate from the Chicago State University (CSU) as evidence in suit filed against his electoral victory by the former Vice President, and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is seeking to introduce fresh evidence in his appeal based on the report from the CSU.
Tinubu has insisted that the allegation of certificate forgery leveled against him by Atiku was not introduced in the petition at the tribunal.
The came after his petition which sought to void the presidential election was dismissal, Atiku headed to the Supreme Court to challenge the September 6 judgment of the Justice Haruna Tsammani led five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC).
At the apex court, Atiku has insisted that Tinubu’s academic records were full of discrepancies and forgeries.
In a bid to prove his case, Atiku sought leave of the apex court to bring in additional evidence to show that President Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in aid of his qualification for the presidential election.
The documents Atiku is seeking permission from the Supreme Court to tender are the academic records of Tinubu, which were handed over to PDP candidate by the Chicago State University on Monday, October 2, 2023.
Atiku Abubakar told the Supreme Court that tendering of a forged Chicago State University certificate by President Bola Tinubu to INEC was a weighty constitutional matter.
But reacting to Atiku’s application, Tinubu pleaded with the Supreme Court to dismiss it for being “alien” to the appeal as the said application is seeking to bring in new issues not ventilated at the PEPC.