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

Judge Jeffrey Gilbert strongly advised lawyers on both sides of the matter to appear in court for a hearing on Tuesday ahead of an imminent ruling during the week.

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 on both sides of the matter to appear in court for the proceeding, with the docket indicating an imminent ruling on the matter during the week.

“If out-of-town counsel want to appear by telephone, they should contact the Court’s courtroom deputy. The Court’s preference, however, is for counsel who will be speaking at the hearing to appear in person.”

To pre-empt any further delay, the Court asked CSU to file any objections (if any) it might have against the scope of the requested records not later than 5:00 p.m. on September 11. The school had been previously given a longer period to file objections to the subpoenas’ broadness.

Hours after a panel of five appellate justices struck out petitions against the incumbent president on Wednesday, an aggrieved Mr Abubakar asked the U.S. Court to expedite the issuance of the CSU subpoena as he intended to use the records sought to file an appeal with Nigeria’s Supreme Court within 21 days. But the plaintiff’s U.S. lawyers, led by Angela Liu, appeared not to have been aware of a recent update to the Supreme Court filing deadline for election-related appeals. The court has only 60 days to hear and deliver a verdict on the matter in line with the amended electoral regulations.

Chris Uche, chief counsel for Mr Abubakar and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, clarified that an appeal of the tribunal’s verdict must be filed within 14 days, not the 21 days that the U.S. attorneys had previously asserted.

Mr Tinubu’s lawyers have argued the records are no longer critical because the deadline for submitting evidence has lapsed. But Mr Abubakar’s lawyers cited a Supreme Court rule that allows the introduction of crucial evidence under special circumstances, which they believe the release would force.

Despite being a major fixture in Nigerian politics since he was first elected senator in the 1990s, Mr Tinubu’s background has remained shrouded in secrecy. His real name, parents, childhood neighbourhood, primary and secondary education, among other pieces, are still undiscovered.

He said he was at first a top accountant at Deloitte and later an executive at Mobil in the 1980s, where he purportedly made his money, but his involvement in Chicago’s dreadful narcotics business that led to the confiscation of his funds in the 1990s has further complicated his supporters’ ability to successfully cast him as a scrupulous, avuncular politician with a longstanding dedication towards a democratic order in Nigeria.

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Why is Atiku tormenting the druggie, does reno have a hand in this oppression of a sitting president?

This is so unfair

Hours after a panel of five appellate justices struck out petitions against the incumbent president on Wednesday, an aggrieved Mr Abubakar asked the U.S. Court to expedite the issuance of the CSU subpoena as he intended to use the records sought to file an appeal with Nigeria’s Supreme Court within 21 days. But the plaintiff’s U.S. lawyers, led by Angela Liu, appeared not to have been aware of a recent update to the Supreme Court filing deadline for election-related appeals. The court has only 60 days to hear and deliver a verdict on the matter in line with the amended electoral regulations.



oya So pé ọtílọ

There is nothing against Tinubu beside you cant tender anything against him apart from the one you have submitted even at the SC.

I doubt the privacy Act will allow your personal data to be released to a third party.

Another lule is warming up for these sore losers.

Hmmm

😂.
Another one for the die-hard Obidients and the Emilokan congregation.

Futile efforts.

The opposition would learn in a very bitter way

successmatters:
Why is Atiku tormenting the druggie, does reno have a hand in this oppression of a sitting president?

Atiku is tormenting himself, while giving fellow losers like yourself hope so that you do not despair as Peter Obi encouraged his zombies.

aQUINandmore:
I feel like posting my nudes on nairaland so I can go viral.

Ok

Throwback:


Atiku is tormenting himself, while giving fellow losers like yourself hope so that you do not despair as Peter Obi encouraged his zombies.

Face Atiku, collect his slaps and stay quiet.

FIRDAUS3:
Hours after a panel of five appellate justices struck out petitions against the incumbent president on Wednesday, an aggrieved Mr Abubakar asked the U.S. Court to expedite the issuance of the CSU subpoena as he intended to use the records sought to file an appeal with Nigeria’s Supreme Court within 21 days. But the plaintiff’s U.S. lawyers, led by Angela Liu, appeared not to have been aware of a recent update to the Supreme Court filing deadline for election-related appeals. The court has only 60 days to hear and deliver a verdict on the matter in line with the amended electoral regulations.



oya So pé ọtílọ

Is he even allowed to tender new evidence at the Supreme Court ?

Atiku chasing shadows as usual. He lost on Election Day. He lost at the presidential election petition court. He will lose at the US and the Supreme Court as well. Eventually, he will be retired to Adamawa to tender to goats and cattle.

aQUINandmore:
I feel like posting my nudes on nairaland so I can go viral.

.... and what value will your viral nude pictures add to your life?

Godfullsam:


.... and what value will your viral nude pictures add to your life?

I need attention, I want people to talk about me, I want to be a celebrity.

aQUINandmore:
I need attention, I want people to talk about me, I want to be a celebrity.

You don't have to make your nude pictures go viral to achieve all these...

Atiku customer dada ni......Lawyers must chop

Despite being a major fixture in Nigerian politics since he was first elected senator in the 1990s, Mr Tinubu’s background has remained shrouded in secrecy. His real name, parents, childhood neighbourhood, primary and secondary education, among other pieces, are still undiscovered.

Na waa

aQUINandmore:
I feel like posting my nudes on nairaland so I can go viral.

free world free will do your thing 🫡

aQUINandmore:
I feel like posting my nudes on nairaland so I can go viral.

hahahaha

Even if it's Usain Bolt level of fast track or snail performance slow track everything would end up favouring Tinubu

Terrorists are so happy right now, forgetting that this won’t help their lord commander in any way

He doesn't went to any school, an old baron, narcotic.

I laugh oooooooooooo.


Atiku is merely wasting his time and money.
He didnt get 2/3 twenty five percent of states required by the constitution.

successmatters:
Why is Atiku tormenting the druggie, does reno have a hand in this oppression of a sitting president?

Case dismissed. Penguin2 has not been so frequent on NL.