Buhari Sees Evil Motives In Controversies Over His Certificate, Says His School’ll Produce Soon

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has made it clear that the issue in the ongoing campaign over his school certificate which he obtained 53 years ago is more of a design by the ruling Peoples Democratic party (PDP) to divert attention to the scandalous level of unemployment of millions of young Nigerians, the state of insecurity and the pervasive official corruption.
Reacting to the controversies that have been raging on over his school certificate when he addressed newsmen in Kano today, General Buhari said: “although the ruling party may want to wish this away, the issue in this campaign cannot be my certificate which I obtained 53 years ago. “The issues are the scandalous level of unemployment of millions of our young people, the state of insecurity, the pervasive official corruption which has impoverished our people and the lack of concern of the government for anything other than the retention of power at all costs.”
The APC flag bearer who said that he would not have responded to the controversies which he said he would have dismissed as sheer mischief that did worth the nation’s while, explained that he actually attended Provincial Secondary School, Katsina.
“I graduated in 1961 with many prominent Nigerians, including General 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.”
General Buhari said that he had formally requested his old school, the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina (which is now known as Government College, Katsina) to make available the school’s copy of the result of the Cambridge/West African School Certificate, adding that the certificate would be made public as soon as the it is released.
The former military General Officer Commanding (GOC) and former Nigerian Head of State regretted that the military which he served diligently turned its back on him at this moment of his need, saying: “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 certificates in my personal file.” [myad]