The APC presidential candidate in person of General Muhammed Buhari has been accused of not having a leaving school certificate which is the minimum requirement that qualifies any one to contest for the position of the President of the country. General muhammed Buhari has not responded to this allegations but it will only be a matter of time when the truth will be known. The only surprising thing is that how will a General of the army not have a leaving school certificate, does this depicts the negligence of the operations of the Nigerian Army.
The accusation was made by the former Minister of Aviation, former minister of Culture &
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Femi Fani Kayode |
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Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Director of Publicity and now PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation in person of Femi Fani Kayode. He said that according to INEC, Buhari has not submitted a minimum requirement of a leaving school certificate within the stipulated time required by law. However, a report came from the US War College confirming that General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, graduated from the United States Army War College in 1980.
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Buhari's diploma proof |
In addition, when reports concerning this was related to INEC, they exclaimed that they are not in the best position to determine whether a candidate is qualified or not. The candidate is in the best position to tell us whether they are eligible or not and that if any party has any grief concerning any candidate, it should be tabled in court and not in the air. Nobody knows how true all this are but with campaign all over the place in the country, people believe PDP is trying to create a distraction for the APC. However, the truth will come out soon.