Atiku intends to use the Chicago State University documents as proof of certificate forgery against Mr Tinubu at the Supreme Court., in his quest to overturn President Bola Tinubu's election, has asked the Supreme Court for permission to file some Chicago State University documents concerning Mr Tinubu as fresh evidence to support his appeal challenging the outcome of the disputed 25 February poll.
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, in its decision delivered in September, dismissed the certificate forgery allegation in the separate petitions filed by Atiku and Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The court affirmed the election of the president, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election.
In a deposition made at the court on 3 October, Caleb Westberg, the registrar of CSU, confirmed that Mr Tinubu graduated from the university in 1979. Also confirming Mr Tinubu's identity, Mr Westberg confirmed that the same person with the name who graduated from the university in 1979 is the current Nigerian president.
He added that the deposition which the CSU official made on oath and deposed to in the presence of Mr Tinubu's attorneys is"credible and believable, and ought to be believed." Mr Uche reminded the Supreme Court that 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 is a weighty constitutional matter, requiring consideration by the Courts as custodians of the Constitution".
"The application shall be supported by affidavit of the facts on which the party relies for making it and of the nature of the evidence or the document concerned.
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