President Bola Tinubu has begun his defence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), submitting his educational records obtained from Chicago State University.
In response to the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), representing Tinubu, presented copies of these records during the court proceedings.
Accompanying the academic records were a 2007 letter from the United States Embassy in Nigeria, affirming Tinubu’s innocence of any criminal charges in the US, and a letter of request from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to the US Embassy.
The 12 certified documents from Chicago State University, endorsed on June 28, 2023, by Jamar C. Orr, the Associate General Counsel at the Office of Legal Affairs at Chicago State University, were among the submissions made.
Additionally, as part of the defence, the legal team tendered six documents consisting of Tinubu’s immigration and visa records, which provided evidence of his trips to the United States between 2011 and 2021. Other supporting evidence was also presented.
Tinubu’s defence at the tribunal signals a significant development in the ongoing legal proceedings.
The documents tendered are as follows: 1. 1 CTC of Letter from the Nigeria Police to the United States Embassy, dated 3rd February, 2003. 2. 1 CTC of Letter from the United States Embassy to the Nigeria Police, dated 4th February, 2003. 3. 12 CTC’s of bundles of president Bola Tinubu’s Educational Record from the Chicago State University. 4. 6 CTC’s of president Tinubu’s immigration documents and US Visas. 5. 1 CTC of Report of the Committee on the Allocation of the Federal Capital of Nigeria. 6. 1 CTC of Form EC8D for Kano State in respect of the 25th February,2023 presidential election. 7. 1 CTC of Form EC8D(A) in respect of the presidential election of 25th February, 2023. 8. 1 CTC of Originating summons in SC/CV/354/2023 dated 28th February, 2023, filed by the AG’s of Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto States 9. 1 CTC of page 35 of ThisDay Newspaper dated 5th March, 2023. 10. 1 СТС of frontpage and page 5 of ThisDay Newspaper of 17th February, 2023. 11.1 CTC of page 2 of Sunday Sun Newspaper of 19th March, 2023 12. 1 CTC of page 28 of Nigerian Tribune Newspaper of 23rd February, 2023. 13. 1 CTC of Page 27 of The Punch Newspaper of 3rd March, 2023. 14. 1 CTC of Pages 1 and 7 of The Nation Newspaper of 3rd March, 2023.