August 07, (THEWILL) – Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communications to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said his principal withdrew his case filed against President Bola Tinibu before a Circuit Court in Illinois because of another suit he instituted against Tinubu at the Northern District of Illinois in the United States.
“Waziri Atiku Abubakar only withdrew the case before a Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, United States of America because he is pursuing the same matter in a higher court and he wanted to avoid abuse of court processes. So, this is just the beginning,” Shaibu said in a statement on Sunday.
According to Shaibu, the former suit and the fresh case, No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.), filed at the US District Court, bothered on the academic records of President Tinubu.
Tinubu claimed that he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Chicago State University.
Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election in Nigeria, alleged that Tinubu’s academic records were forged.
The statement reads in part: “In the last one week, Nigerians have been watching the ongoing ministerial screening at the Senate where nominees have been made to reveal their primary, secondary and university history.
“Some of the ministerial nominees were even classmates with the Senators screening them.
“However, the man who nominated them has no educational history. He has no primary school, secondary school or university classmates. This is because he has no classmates. He actually fell from the sky.
“In recent years past, Presidents have invited their former classmates to Aso Rock Villa. Even President Muhammadu Buhari hosted his classmates from Katsina Middle School.
“But, who did Bola Tinubu invite to the Presidential Villa? Governors from 1999 set. This is a man whose entire life, background and credentials remain unknown and Atiku will ensure that the man is exposed.
“It is expected that the person to hold the Office of the President must be above board, especially on his life history. Unfortunately, here, we have a President whose history is shrouded in secrecy and for whom it is a tough life that started in 1993.
“Even the year 1993, which presents the opening chapter of the recorded history of our President, is renowned for a documented indictment on narcotics trading.
“Now, this is 2023 and Atiku is asking to open the shady history of our President and the same man is standing in the way of the truth about his past. That very obstruction to the innocent effort to unravel the President’s past means that the man has something to hide. It is shameful that the President’s supporters are joyful that their man is covering up his own past.
“But like the saying goes: falsehood may run for a lifetime, but the truth shall overrun it in an instant. The moment of truth is here and President Tinubu has no hiding place.”
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