The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has applied for leave of the Supreme Court to file what he termed as fresh evidence.<\/p>\n
In a motion he filed through his team of lawyers, Atiku said the evidence he is seeking to tender before the apex court would establish his allegation that President Bola Tinubu submitted forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in aid of his qualification to participate in the presidential election that held on February 25.
\nThe former Vice President maintained that President Tinubu, by his action, committed a twin offence of forgery and perjury, and therefore deserved to be removed from office by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Atiku specifically sought the leave of the court to tender Tinubu\u2019s academic records which he said were handed over to him by the Chicago State University, (CSU), on October 2, 2023.
\nAccording to the motion, the 32-page document was released by the CSU on the orders of Judge Nancy Maldonado of the District Court of Illinois, Eastern Division, Illinois, United States of America.<\/p>\n
Atiku predicated his motion for leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu on Order 2, Rule 12(1) of the Supreme Court Rules 1985, Section 137(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, as well as the inherent jurisdiction of the apex court as encapsulated in Section 6(6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n
Though the application was dated October 5, Atiku\u2019s legal team perfected the filing process on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The PDP presidential candidate basically prayed the court for an order granting him leave \u201cto produce and for the court to receive fresh and additional evidence by way of deposition on oath from the Chicago State University for use in this appeal to wit: the certified discovery deposition made by Caleb Westberg on behalf of Chicago State University on October 3, 2023, disclaiming the certificate presented by the 2nd respondent, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Independent National Electoral Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n
He equally prayed for the apex court to \u201creceive the said deposition in evidence as exhibit in the resolution of this appeal,\u201d and to further make order or orders the apex court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of the case.
\nThe application was predicated on 20 grounds, among which included a claim that the deposition sought to be adduced along with its accompanying documents, \u201cwould have important effect in the resolution of this appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe deposition is relevant to this matter, having confirmed that the certificate presented by the 2nd Respondent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not emanate from Chicago State University, and that whoever issued the certificate presented by the 2nd Respondent, did not have the authority of the Chicago State University, and that the 2nd Respondent never applied for any replacement certificate nor was he issued any replacement certificate by the Chicago State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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