The Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has confirmed that Atiku Abubakar, the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The lawsuit is identified as No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.), as reported by Punch news.
GOOD EVENING NIGERIA had earlier reported how Atiku withdrew suit seeking academic record of President Tinubu in a US court.
However, according to Shaibu, this new legal action prompted Atiku to withdraw an existing case before a Circuit Court in Illinois. The lawsuit challenges the declaration made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Tinubu emerged as the winner of the presidential election held on February 25.
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According to Shaibu, this new legal action prompted Atiku to withdraw an existing case before a Circuit Court in Illinois.
The lawsuit challenges the declaration made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Tinubu emerged as the winner of the presidential election held on February 25.
In a statement on Sunday night, Shaibu said, “Atiku Abubakar only withdrew the case before a Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, United States of America because he is pursuing the same matter in a higher court and he wanted to avoid abuse of court processes. So, this is just the beginning.”
He argued that Tinubu’s academic records from primary school till university remained questionable, hence the President’s failure to identify a single former classmate of his.
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“In the past weeks, Nigerians have been watching the ongoing ministerial screening at the Senate where nominees have been made to reveal their primary, secondary and university history. Some of the ministerial nominees were even classmates with the senators screening them.
“However, the man who nominated them has no educational history. He has no primary school, secondary school or university classmates. This is because he has no classmates. He actually fell from the sky.
“In recent years, past Presidents have invited their former classmates to Aso Rock Villa. Even President Muhammadu Buhari hosted his classmates from Katsina Middle School. But who did Bola Tinubu invite to the Presidential Villa? Governors from 1999 set.”