Eko Hot Blog reports that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has placed an immediate stay on the release of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Chicago State university records to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Judge Nancy Maldonado gave the order after Tinubu pleaded severe and irreparable consequences to him if the records are released.
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It would be recalled that Tinubu, through his lawyers, had asked Ms Maldonado, to delay the order of Judge Jeffrey Gilbert, a magistrate.
Tinubu asked the judge to save him from suffering severe and irreparable damage by placing an emergency hold on a recent order for his university records to be released.
According to the President, the damage he would suffer would be impossible to mitigate if the order directing the release of his academic records to Atiku is not delayed for possible vacation.
Ruling, the judge agreed that the matter might be too severe for Tinubu to bear and granted a stay for further argument on the matter.
President Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar exchanging pleasantries
‘This needs to be handled with care,” Mrs Maldonado said.
She gave Tinubu’s lawyers until Monday to file a full brief on the matter before the court.
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“I may ultimately adopt the magistrate’s recommendation and allow the discovery to go forward, or I can ask all parties to file briefs afresh,” the judge added
Reacting, Atiku’s lawyers said they would reply to the brief by 11:00 p.m. on the same day.
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