Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School,
Katsina, which Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential candidate, graduated from in
1961, has released Mr. Buhari’s secondary school
certificate examination results.
The results confirm Mr. Buhari’s claim that he undertook
the University of Cambridge West African School Certificate
Examinations and obtained five credits in English Language,
Geography, Hausa Language, History, and Health Science.
The results show that Mr. Buhari, a former military head of
state, failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass
in Literature in English.
The examination centre number was 8280, while Mr.
Buhari’s candidate number was 002.
The statement of results is printed on the letter head paper
of the Katsina State Ministry of Education, and it shows that
the examination took place in 1961.
The Cambridge print out also shows the result of 17 other
candidates at the centre, including Shehu Yar’adua, a
former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters.
Controversy over Mr. Buhari’s result escalated Tuesday
after the Nigerian Army, which had earlier admitted to
having copies of his certificate, reversed itself, saying it
could not even attest to the details listed in his records.
The spokesperson of the Army, Olajide Laleye, said “Neither
the original copy, certified true copy (CTC) nor statement of
result of Major-.Gen. Mohammadu Buhari‘s WASC result is
in his personal file.”
He said while it is the practice in the Nigerian Army that
before candidates are shortlisted for commissioning into
the officers’ cadre of the service, the selection board
verifies the original copies of credentials as presented,
“There is no available record to show that this process was
followed in the 1960s.”
The military’s comments came after the retired general had
said that his lost copies of results were with the Army, an
explanation he gave ahead of elections February 14.
Buhari had at a news conference at the Kano State
Government House, dismissed the controversy over his
school certificate as a mischief orchestrated by the Peoples
Democratic Party.
He explained that but for concerns being raised by his
numerous supporters, he would have ignored the matter
because he considered it a non-issue.
The APC candidate said that the fact that he sat for and
obtained the Cambridge/ West Africa Examination Council
Certificate was not in doubt because his examination
number, 8280002, was verifiable.
Buhari also named some of his classmates who sat for the
same examination as the late Maj. Gen. Shehu Yar’Adua
and a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice
Umaru Abdullahi.
He said he had assumed that copies of his certificate were
in his personal file with the Military Board but that he was
surprised to hear the Army claiming on Tuesday that they
did not have them.
The Katsina born former Head of State and politician said,
“I had assumed all along that all my records were in the
custody of the Military Secretary of the Nigerian Army.
Much to my surprise, we are now told that although a
record of the result is available, there are no copies of the
certificate in my personal file.
“This is why I formally requested my old school, the
Provincial Secondary School, Katsina (which is now known
as Government College) to make available the school’s
copy of the result of the Cambridge/West African School
Certificate. This will be made available to the press the
moment this is available.
“I attended Provincial Secondary School, Katsina. I
graduated in 1961 with many prominent Nigerians,
including Gen Shehu Yar’Adua, former chief of staff at the
Supreme Headquarters, and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, a
former President of the Court of Appeal.
“We sat for the University of Cambridge/WASC Examination
together in 1961, the year we graduated. My examination
number was 8280002, and I passed the examination in the
Second Division.”
Buhari noted that although the pdp would want to wish it
away, the issue in the 2015 presidential election could not
be about his school certificate which he obtained 53 years
ago.
He argued that the issues in the campaign remained the
scandalous level of unemployment of millions of young
Nigerians, insecurity, corruption and the lack of concern of
the government for anything other than the retention of
power at all costs.
When contacted, WAEC’s Public Affairs Officer, National
Office, Demianus Ojijeogu, said the council had no right to
disclose any person’s result to the public.
According to him, even if the Council has Buhari’s result or
that of any other person, it is a personal document kept in
trust.
Ojijeogu said, “Only the court of law can mandate us to
release such information. It is not something that we will
easily divulge to the public unless there is a directive from
the court.
“Again, the general’s result is a personal document. It is
akin to going to the bank with somebody’s account number
to seek clarification of the person’s account. No responsible
bank will respond to that enquiry.”
Fani-Kayode asks Buhari to withdraw from presidential
race
But the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode,
said Buhari’s statement at the news conference contrasted
with his deposition in a sworn affidavit submitted to the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
He told journalists in Abuja that the Army should withdraw
the APC candidate’s rank for perjury since he claimed
earlier in the affidavit that his certificate was with the
military.
Fani-Kayode said, “The implication of the action of this so-
called ‘Mr. Clean’ is nothing but perjury and we all know
that this is a grave criminal offence under our laws and
constitution.”
He said the implication of this was that without the
availability of the certificate, Buhari ought not to have been
a commissioned officer in the Army in the first place.
The Presidential campaign organisation spokesperson also
called on Buhari to tender an apology to Nigerians and
withdraw from the presidential race.
He said, “We urge Buhari and his party to do the right thing
and tender an unreserved apology to the Nigerian people,
throw in the towel and report to the nearest police station
for interrogation and prosecution.
“Anything less than that would be an insult to thecerti collective
intelligence and integrity of Nigerians .
“We also urge the Nigerian Armed Forces to consider the
possibility of stripping him of his rank and privileges given
the fact that he was never qualified to join the Army as a
commissioned officer in the first place because he never
had the pr than erequisite qualifications which was a school
certificate. than
“Given this, at best Buhari should never have been anythinge a non-commissioned officer.”
Fani-Kayode called on Nigerians to disregard anyone
claiming that the PDP was behind the brouhaha that had
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