The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has admitted the academic records of President Tinubu at the ongoing proceedings on Friday.
The court also admitted the Guinean passport of the President Tinubu.
The documents were tendered before the tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar.
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Daily Report Nigeria reports that Atiku and the PDP challenging Tinubu’s victory in the polls and tendered the documents through a subpoenaed witness, Mike Enahoro-Ebah, a lawyer and human rights activist.
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Enahoro-Ebah was led by Chris Uche (SAN) to adopt his written deposition, which was filed on June 20, wherein he referred to the documents.
The witness noted that he got the documents with the assistance of a lawyer in the United States.
The documents tendered included: Tinubu’s Form EC9 (affidavit in support of personal particulars); what they described as a certificate from the Chicago State University; NYSC discharge certificate (which the witness said contained the name: Adekunle); a party membership card, and a certificate of service from Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc.
Also tendered were Tinubu academic record from the Chicago State University; what he referred to as the actual certificate issued by the university; application for admission allegedly made by Tinubu in 1977; a transcript for admission from the South West College, in which the witness claimed Tinubu was referred to in the female gender.
The petitioners also tendered, through Enahoro-Ebah, a document they referred to as a notorized judgment of a United States District Court they said belonged to the President.
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Though, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu and the APC – all respondents in the case – objected to the admission of the documents, the court admitted the documents and marked them accordingly.
