"Tinubu Fell From The Sky; He Has No Classmates": Atiku Claims, Files Fresh Suit

"Tinubu Fell From The Sky; He Has No Classmates": Atiku Claims, Files Fresh Suit

  • Atiku Abubakar, the PDP flagbearer in the February 25 presidential election, has filed a fresh suit against President Bola Tinubu at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Phrank Shaibu, the special assistant on public communications to the former vice president, disclosed this in a statement sent to Legit.ng,
  • Shaibu added that Atiku withdrew the case before a Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County because he was pursuing a similar case elsewhere

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FCT, Abuja - Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, says his principal has filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Bola Tinubu in the United States

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In a statement sent to Legit.ng on Sunday, August 6, this informed the decision of the former Vice-President to withdraw an existing case before a circuit court in Illinois.

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Atiku files fresh suit against President Tinubu in US Court Photo Credit: Atiku Abubakar
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Shaibu said:

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“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 an abuse of court processes. "So, this is just the beginning.”

Atiku’s aide said it was funny that Tinubu and his supporters were rejoicing over the development as if it were a Supreme Court judgment.

Atiku questions Tinubu's academic qualification again

He maintained that Tinubu’s academic records from primary school till university remained questionable, hence the President’s failure to identify a single former classmate.

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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.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng