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A brief timeline detailing the legal battle between presidential candidates Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar over alleged certificate forgery

Timeline of Bola Tinubu's certificate saga with Atiku Abubakar | Pulse Nigeria

Ima Elijah

A brief timeline showing the legal battle between presidential candidates Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar over alleged certificate forgery.

<ul><li>March 1: Tinubu wins <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/bola-tinubu-wins-nigerias-2023-presidential-election/mpz2k4m">2023 presidential election</a>.</li><li>April 11: Atiku files a petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, challenging Tinubu's victory</li><li>May 21: Atiku <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/atiku-tells-court-100-witnesses-need-3-weeks-to-prove-case-against-tinubu/nk5dw8r">tells court</a> 100 witnesses need 3 weeks to prove case against Tinubu</li><li>June 23: Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleges that Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/tribunal-admits-university-nysc-mobil-certificates-against-tinubu/ppblj0l">forged his academic credentials.</a></li><li>August 21 : Atiku files a <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/us-court-orders-release-of-tinubus-academic-records-from-chicago-state-university/7bc2bw0">motion at a US court</a>, requesting it to compel CSU to release Tinubu's academic records.</li><li>September 06: The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/tribunal-affirms-tinubu-s-election-dismisses-atiku-obis-petitions/vtssqfr">dismisses</a> Atiku's petition, ruling that Tinubu won elections.</li><li>September 10: Atiku appeals the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/fake-certificate-will-the-supreme-court-admit-atikus-fresh-evidence-against-tinubu/evree57">Supreme Court</a>.</li><li>September 20: The US court grants Atiku's motion and orders CSU to <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/us-court-orders-release-of-tinubus-academic-records-from-chicago-state-university/7bc2bw0">release</a> Tinubu's academic records.</li><li>October 03: CSU <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/csu-finally-releases-tinubus-academic-records-to-atiku/dxyjw10#:~:text=The%20documents%20contained%20Tinubu's%20admission,August%201977%20and%20June%201979.&amp;text=The%20letter%20stated%20that%20Tinubu,Honours%20on%2022%20June%201979.">releases</a> Tinubu's academic records to Atiku.</li><li>October 15: Tinubu fights back. Alleges false name on Atiku's WAEC certificate.</li></ul>

The Supreme Court is yet to hear Atiku's appeal, and the case is still ongoing.

Atiku asks Supreme Court for leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu [Twitter:@SolaPage]

Timeline of Bola Tinubu's certificate saga with Atiku Abubakar

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