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CHICAGO -- A federal judge ordered Chicago State University to hand over all academic records relating to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging the results of the Nigerian presidential election held earlier this year. Abubakar claims Tinubu forged his undergrad degree from the university. Abubakar’s interest in obtaining the records outweighs Tinubu’s privacy rights because Tinubu put his diploma at issue before the country’s electoral commission.
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