Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, has appealed to the United States federal judge to allow only his university certificate to be given to his political opponent, Atiku Abubakar. SaharaReporters reported on September 23, that Tinubu appealed against the ruling of Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert, sitting at the United States’ District Court of Northern Illinois which ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release all relevant records pertaining to him to Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.