Friday, 23 January 2015

CERTIFICATE CONTROVERSY: LAI MOHAMMED DEFENDS BUHARI

Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has pleaded with Nigerians to forgive the party's presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, if he does not know where his certificates are.


Speaking on Thursday on a TV show, Sunrise Daily, hosted by Channels TV, Mohammed said 53 Years is a long time for someone to leave secondary school and still know where his certificates are.


He said: "53-years after a fellow has left secondary school, I think we should pardon him if he doesn't even know where he has kept it."

Buhari's educational qualification has been a topic on many lips. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused General Buhari of not having the appropriate qualifications for running in the forthcoming February election.

When it seemed like the pressure was becoming too much, Buhari had to hold a press conference to address the situation.

Two prominent Nigerians, Justice Umaru Abdullahi and Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, later came out to reveal that they went to school with Buhari.
 

The APC national secretary noted that the issue of Buhari's certificate, which has been creating a lot of buzz, is now dead and buried.

"It's a pity that Nigerians have been entertained and distracted over a non-issue," Mohammed said.

Despite the fact that Buhari addressed his certificate issue, and that his school, Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, finally released his secondary school certificate examination results, some people have refused to let go of the issue.

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