Atiku, PDP seek Supreme Court's leave to tender CSU registrar's deposition | The Nation Newspaper

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The request is contained in a motion on notice filed around 7pm on Friday by the team of lawyers for Atiku and the PDP, led by Chris Uche (SAN), in which they

seek two main prayers.*An order granting leave to the appellants/applicants to produce and for the court to receive fresh and or additional evidence by way of deposition on oath from the Chicago State University for use in the 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 to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

They claimed that the documents were relevant to the prosecution of their pending appeal before the apex court. “The 1st applicant through his said US-based Attomeys thereupon brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – In re: Application of Atiku Abubakar for an Order Directing Discovery from Chicago State University Case No.

“The deposition is relevant to this matter, having confirmed that the certificate presented by the 2nd respondent to the Independent National Electoral Commission 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...

“Presentation of a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission by a candidate for election to the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ts a weighty constitutional matter, requiring consideration by the Courts as custodians of the Constitution.

 

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