By Brave Dickson
Days after Atiku Abubakar got hold of the academic records of President Bola Tinubu from the Chicago State University, USA, Alhaji Dokubo Asari has described Atiku’s moves to sack Tinubu from the presidential villa as a waste of time.
Atiku was one of the presidential candidates who contested the February 25 election on the platform of the PDP and emerged second but refused to accept Tinubu as the winner of the election.
He, Atiku, and other candidates dragged Tinubu to the presidential election petition tribunal, hoping to have the election upturned but were disappointed when the tribunal dismissed all their petitions and affirmed Tinubu’s election victory.
Atiku further filed an appeal before the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of the tribunal and had also prayed the apex court to accept and add the fresh evidence made available to him by the Chicago State University, regarding Tinubu’s academic records.
Atiku relied his prayers on Order 2, Rule 12(1) of the Supreme Court Rules 1985 and Section 137(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), as well as the inherent jurisdiction of the Honourable Court as granted by Section 6(6)(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
The application which was dated October 5, but filed on October 6, specifically prayed to the apex court for an order, granting him leave “to produce, and for the court to receive fresh and additional evidence by way of deposition on oath from the Chicago State University.”
