JUST IN: U.S. court fast-tracks release of Tinubu’s Chicago records to Atiku before Supreme Court filing deadline

A federal court in the United States is racing to complete Atiku Abubakar’s request to subpoena Chicago State University (CSU) for President Bola Tinubu’s academic records after learning that Mr Abubakar has only 14 days to appeal the judgement of the election petitions tribunal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria using the requested records.

Specifically, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago has moved up the date for in-person arguments of the lawyers of Messrs Abubakar, Tinubu and CSU from September 15 to September 12, citing “exigent circumstances” of the request, per court documents seen by Peoples Gazette.

“Upon further reflection, in light of the exigent circumstances presented by the Application [1] and to account for the possibility of any appeal of the Court’s ruling,” Judge Jeffrey Gilbert said, “this matter is set for hearing in-person on 9/12/23 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 1386.” 

Mr Gilbert strongly advised lawyers…