A NUMBER of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) leaders from the North are at loggerheads with the party’s Presidential Campaign Council over the controversy surrounding the secondary school certificate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,General Muhammadu Buhari.
The Northern PDP leaders are upset with the presidential campaign council for ‘ridiculing’ Buhari over the school certificate issue when the facts are obvious,multiple party sources told The Nation yesterday.

over the school certificate issue when the facts are obvious, multiple party sources toldThe Nationyesterday.
Information yesterday from the United States of America (USA) where Buhari attended one of the most prestigious military institutions also shed light on his training there.

Sources said that the certificate saga which the campaign council had obviously planned to use to rubbish Buhari’s integrity has now backfired in the North and the immediate worry is that the dust raised by the controversy could cost the PDP more sympathy in the region.

“Most PDP leaders are worried that the issues being raised on Buhari’s eligibility may backfire on the party’s electoral fortunes,” one source said.
“I am aware that most PDP leaders and members from the North are just unhappy because the little goodwill for the party in the region may be completely lost.

“Already, the PDP is fast losing ground in the North since the attacks on Buhari’s personality and credentials started. Some of those who had been sympathetic to PDP are now having a rethink.
“Some PDP leaders are already calling for a ceasefire on this certificate matter because it is portraying the party and its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, as desperate.”

Another respected PDP leader said: “Some of our leaders and members in the North are angry. They are trying to use the certificate saga to reopen old prejudices by the South that Northerners are largely uneducated or without certificates. In 1979, they did it to ex-President Shehu Shagari by deriding him as a mere Grade II teacher.
“This type of politics will certainly not help our party at all. We have been making representation to the PDP leadership to halt this hate campaign.”

The PDP may also have breached Section 31(3-5) of the Electoral Act for joining issues with Buhari on the certificate matter.
Sources at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the PDP should have laid its complaints between December 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015.

The commission, in its timetable for the general elections fixed December 25, 2014 to January 1, 2015 for claims and objections.
It was learnt that the PDP has failed to comply with three issues in Section 31 of the Electoral Act.

These are:
• Refusal to comply with the seven-day period for claims and objections
• Failure to apply to the INEC for a copy of Buhari’s nomination form
• Ruling party yet to file any application before a High Court on Buhari’s credentials
Section 31(3-6) says: “The commission shall within seven days of the receipt of the personal particulars of the candidate publish same in the constituency where the candidate intends to contest the election.

“A person may apply to the commission for a copy of the nomination form affidavit and any other document submitted by a candidate at an election and the commission shall, upon the payment of a prescribed fee, issue person with a certified copy of the documents within 14 days.

“Any person who has reasonable grounds to believe that any information given by a candidate in the affidavit or any document submitted by that candidate is false may file a suit at the Federal High Court, High Court of a state or FCT against such person seeking a declaration that the information contained in the affidavit is false.

“If the court determines that any of the information contained in the affidavit of any document submitted by that candidate is false, the court shall issue an order disqualifying the candidate from contesting the election.”
A highly-placed source said: “The PDP is confused because there is no record showing that either the party or any of its leaders has applied for a copy of the nomination form of Buhari from the INEC.

“Instead, the party is just playing to the gallery in the media to heat up the polity. This is unfortunate for the nation’s political environment.

“As I am talking to you, the PDP is yet to comply with Section 31 of the Electoral Act on issues against Buhari.”.........

atlwireles:
THE CHIEF OLUWOLE NEWSPAPER OF NIGERIA HAS SPOKEN. PLEASE TELL THOSE INVISIBLE NORTHERN PDP MEMBERS TO GO AND DIE.

BUHARI IS A FRAUD AND A LIAR.

CORRUPTION WALKING ON TWO LEGS

MalcoImX:
Just because it didn't suit your fancy! That mindset that you have that Buhari and all of us are Almajiri is only in your imagination.

atlwireles:


BUHARI IS A FRAUDSTER, TELL HIM TO CALL CAMBRIDGE. THE ERA OF FRAUDSTER LIKE HIM AND PEOPLE WITH HIS MINDSET IS NOW OVER.

MalcoImX:
So, you believe now he went to school.
It was even a mistake in the first place to have consented for his sec. school to release his statement of result. He should have ignored you. You people can never be satisfied. It is a mindset issue.

atlwireles:


RUBBISH, BUHARI SAID HE SPENT 9 YEARS IN SCHOOL, BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY, HIS OWN WORDS. BUHARI HAD NO QUALIFICATION TO ENTER THE ARMY IN THE 1960S. IF YOU CALL THAT SCHOOL, THAT'S YOUR WAHALA.

MalcoImX:
None of us is sweating over this but you guys. So it looks more of a wahala on your side. But if you have this enough evidence then I am beginning to be afraid. Why prolong this matter. The worst lawyer could have a walkover – just go to court

atlwireles:


THE ONLY COURT NIGERIANS CARE ABOUT IS THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. WHERE BUHARI HAS BEEN BRANDED A LIAR AND A FRAUDSTER.

KEEP YOUR LEGAL SKILLS FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS WAS A BATTLE OVER CORRUPTION, INTEGRITY AND DUE PROCESS. YOUR PRETENTIOUS PARTY HAS SUCCESSFULLY TOLD NIGERIANS YOU PEOPLE ARE FAKES.

MalcoImX:
But public opinion like the economy is influenced by both objective and subjective variables. That will not be enough to disqualify him. I think your best bet is the court.

atlwireles:
THE CHIEF OLUWOLE NEWSPAPER OF NIGERIA HAS SPOKEN. PLEASE TELL THOSE INVISIBLE NORTHERN PDP MEMBERS TO GO AND DIE.

BUHARI IS A FRAUD AND A LIAR.

CORRUPTION WALKING ON TWO LEGS

atlwireles:


HAHAHAHAHA, WE ARE DONE WITH BUHARI, STICK A FORK IN HIM.

pedel:
Things are not looking good for the PDP.
They can't even go to court because the courts are on strike.
GMB15

OrlandoOwoh:

When you go get sense?

MalcoImX:
Meaning you'll make do with the 'assumed' rightness of your public opinion. I put it to you that you've seen the folly in this campaign and have decided to take the bitter medicine quietly.

atlwireles:


WHEN YOU STOP LYING AND GIVE UP THE OLUWOLE BUSINESS. SHAMELESS LIAR

atlwireles:


EVEN YOUR COMMENTS ARE OLUWOLE MADE.

MalcoImX:
They won't be Oluwole if I were to say, 'GEJ till 2015.'

OrlandoOwoh:

Thank God you admitted you have no sense:-P

OLADD:


That should be in your mind. Many Nigerians have realised how deceitful Buhari and APC are. Those who were hitherto obsessed with Buhari's Mr. Clean status are beginning to change their minds no thanks to his WAEC scandal. The Nation (Tinubu's newspaper) can write any rubbish they like, it won't stop an average northerner from voting Jonathan in the coming election. Are all northerners not having WAEC certificates?

atlwireles:


THAT'S YOUR RIGHT, EVEN OLIUWOLE IS YOUR RIGHT TOO. WE JUST DUMP THEM IN A TRASH CAN.