The certificate controversy surrounding the eligibility of the leading presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (A.P.C) may soon be laid to rest following the release of academic credential of the candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), by authority of his former school.
Authority of Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, made copies of the statement of result available to newsmen on January 21, on the request of the General. The result statement which appeared to have been extracted from an original transcript from 1961 West Africa School Certificate Examination Result Slip for several candidates also confirm claims by Buhari that he had sat for the exams along some other prominent Nigerians, including the former President of Court of Appeal, Umar Abdullahi.
Eligibility of the General to contest for the office of the presidency had earlier been questioned by rival candidates following submission of an affidavit to the electoral body, INEC, wherein, he claimed, his academic records and certificates are in the possession the Nigerian Military Secretary, a claim later denied by the military authority.
The academic record can be found here by PREMIUM TIMES as a PDF file.
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