The Tribunal acknowledges the admission of various certificates, including those from Chicago State University, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc, against Tinubu.
These documents were tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, highlighting different names under which Tinubu registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Presented on Friday, the documents were certified copies and included Tinubu’s B.Sc. certificate from Chicago State University, his NYSC Discharge Certificate, and a certificate of service from Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc.
The PDP introduced these documents through their subpoenaed witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah, Esq., who acknowledged that the documents were allegedly obtained by Tinubu but bore the name ‘Bola Adekunle Tinubu’.
Under the examination of PDP counsel Chris Uche, SAN, the witness also submitted nomination forms EC13 and EC9, along with letters written to INEC as attachments.
Counsel representing INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud, Tinubu, Emmanuel Ukala, and the APC, Lateef Fagbemi, all raised objections regarding the admissibility of the documents.
These referenced documents consisted of certified true copies of form EC9 (Tinubu’s nomination letter), payment receipts for certification, a witness application letter requesting the documents, INEC’s response letter, Tinubu’s certificate from Chicago University, Tinubu’s NYSC discharge certificate, Tinubu’s certificate of service from Mobil Oil Nigeria PLC, and Tinubu’s party membership card.
Upon the PDP’s lead counsel’s application to submit these documents, all respondents objected to their admissibility.
Additionally, the witness presented academic records from Chicago University, a copy of the subpoena served on the university, the original academic records and degree certificate, the original admission letter, and the original transcript from the Southwest College to the university Tinubu attended. Notably, the transcript identified Tinubu as female.
Furthermore, the witness submitted a notarized judgment from the USA regarding the criminal forfeiture of Tinubu’s assets, along with the accompanying cover note authorizing the judgment. Extracts from a Guinea passport and a certificate of compliance for Tinubu were also included.
Among other documents presented were certified true copies of forms EC8A from 25 local government areas in Delta State, 13 local government areas in Ebonyi State, 18 local government areas in Edo State, 17 local government areas in Enugu State, 27 local government areas in Imo State, and 21 local government areas in Kogi State.