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Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted a
syndicated media report, which indicated that the Minister of Defence,
General Aliyu Gusau said that General Muhammadu Buhari passed his
Cambridge/WASCE examination in 1961 and that they attended Katsina College
together.
Fani-Kayode, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said the report was
part of the opposition propaganda and desperate bid to cover the
wrongdoing of their presidential candidate whose integrity they have so
much flaunted.
According to him, “It has been brought to our attention that a number of
online publications and newspapers have published a false story suggesting
that General Aliyu Gusau, the Minister of Defence, has defended General
Buhari on the certificate issue and has said that they attended Katsina
College together. “This is pure falsehood and crass disinformation, and it
is indicative of the type of shameless desperation and propaganda that the
opposition are now indulging in.
“Not only did General Gusau not attend any school with General Buhari or
go to Katsina College but he has also never sought to defend or absolve
him in the ongoing controversy about his school certificate.
“We urge the Nigerian people to be very wary of the antics of the
opposition when it comes to this and virtually all other matters; and, we
encourage them to continue to insist that General Buhari should stop
clutching at straws and prove that he is the man of integrity that he
claims to be by producing his school certificate.”
Fani-Kayode said that, “anything less than that is simply unacceptable and
all the filthy lies, tricks and dirty tactics in the world cannot help
him.”
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted a
syndicated media report, which indicated that the Minister of Defence,
General Aliyu Gusau said that General Muhammadu Buhari passed his
Cambridge/WASCE examination in 1961 and that they attended Katsina College
together.
Fani-Kayode, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said the report was
part of the opposition propaganda and desperate bid to cover the
wrongdoing of their presidential candidate whose integrity they have so
much flaunted.
According to him, “It has been brought to our attention that a number of
online publications and newspapers have published a false story suggesting
that General Aliyu Gusau, the Minister of Defence, has defended General
Buhari on the certificate issue and has said that they attended Katsina
College together. “This is pure falsehood and crass disinformation, and it
is indicative of the type of shameless desperation and propaganda that the
opposition are now indulging in.
“Not only did General Gusau not attend any school with General Buhari or
go to Katsina College but he has also never sought to defend or absolve
him in the ongoing controversy about his school certificate.
“We urge the Nigerian people to be very wary of the antics of the
opposition when it comes to this and virtually all other matters; and, we
encourage them to continue to insist that General Buhari should stop
clutching at straws and prove that he is the man of integrity that he
claims to be by producing his school certificate.”
Fani-Kayode said that, “anything less than that is simply unacceptable and
all the filthy lies, tricks and dirty tactics in the world cannot help
him.”