Idowu Patrick
The United States district court for the Northern district of Illinois on Tuesday granted Atiku Abubakar’s request seeking the release of President Bola Tinubu’s records by Chicago State University.
A memorandum signed by Jeffrey Gilbert, US magistrate judge, reads: “This matter is before the Court on Atiku Abubakar’s Application Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for an Order Directing Discovery from Chicago State University for Use in a Foreign Proceeding (“Application”) [ECF No. 1]. For the reasons discussed below, the Application is granted.” The Judge ruled.
It will be recalled that Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar went to US court to compel Chicago University to release Tinubu Academic records