President Buhari not involved in any certificate scandal – Presidency

by Dolapo Adelana

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari was not involved in any certificate scandal.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated on Sunday while reacting to a story titled “Prominent Nigerians with certificate scandals” published by The Punch.

The newspaper had listed, Buhari; former President Goodluck Jonathan; former Senate President, Evans Enwerem; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Salisu Buhari; Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose; and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,as notable Nigerians with certificate scandals.

But Shehu said Buhari does not fit into the categorisation of leaders with certificate scandals.

He said the issue came up when people brought up wild allegations during the 2015 presidential campaign to derail him,

The statement read, “We wish to emphatically state that President Muhammadu Buhari does not fit into categorisation of leaders with certificate scandals because he bears none that is on available records.

“In the course of the contest for the office of the President in 2015, a number of wild, untrue and malicious allegations were made against him in order to stop him from contesting for the office in the election.

“The issue of certificates was raised against him but the campaign successfully dealt with the allegations by providing evidence that not only was he qualified to run, he had a far higher academic qualification than is required by the constitution. As a result, he went on to run for the office and eventually win.”

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