The Presidency has said President Mohammadu Buhari has no scandal
associated with his acadmic credentials, dismmissing allegations he failed
to produce his WASCE as spurious.
In a statement issued by Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, the
Presidency said those who took the issue of President Buhari’s certificate
to the Court withdraw the case.
He said evidence had been provided that showed that the President has
higher qualifications than that required to run for the office of the
President.
The statement read: “We wish to emphatically state that President
Muhammadu Buhari does not fit into categorisation of leaders with
certificate scandals because he bears none that is on available records.
“In the course of the contest for the office of the President in 2015, a
number of wild, untrue and malicious allegations were made against him in
order to stop him from contesting for the office in the election.
“The issue of certificates was raised against him but the campaign
successfully dealt with the allegations by providing evidence that not
only was he qualified to run, he had a far higher academic qualification
than is required by the constitution. As a result, he went on to run for
the office and eventually win.
“Since the purpose of the challenge was primarily to stop him from being a
candidate in that election, the challengers either voluntarily withdrew or
abandoned the cases soon after he won and all of them were subsequently
struck off by the courts.
“The President has no certificate case hanging on his neck. The Punch
editors should kindly update their records to avoid making this repeated
mistake.”
