Nigeria leaders both in the past and president
have been involved in one scandal about
their certificate or the institution they
attended so here is a list of those leaders
that have been involved in the scandal.
“I’ll never resign!” his gentle voice echoed
through his expansive office, as his body
shook like a man being led inevitably to the
gallows as he addressed journalists in a
press conference.
The grandeur of his office as the Speaker,
House of Representatives, was unmistakable
with his retinue of security details and aides.
There were five rooms adjoining and leading
to his expansive official personal office: the
security details, receptionists, private
secretaries, aides, chief of staff and aid-de-
camp.
As the Number Four citizen of Nigeria, he
could wield enormous power and would do
anything to remain in power – as he had
already lied his way to become the fourth
most powerful person in the most populous
black nation on earth.
The Ahmadu Bello University connection
Erstwhile Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Salisu Buhari’s way to the
lower chamber of the National Assembly was
fraught with forgeries. To become a federal
lawmaker, he claimed he was 36 years old as
of 1999, though he was born in 1970.
The minimum required age to be a lawmaker
in the House, according to the 1999 Nigerian
Constitution, is 30.
He also claimed to have attended University
of Toronto in Canada and graduated with a
degree in Business Administration, but the
university denied he was ever a student of
the institution.
And for falsifying his credentials to gain
admission into Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, Kaduna State, he was kicked out and
never had the opportunity to participate in
the one-year National Youth Service Corps
exercise.
In 2000, the lid was fully blown open and the
defiant Buhari broke down in tears of
confession before the nation, owning up to
allegations of forgery and perjury.
“I apologise to you. I apologise to the nation.
I apologise to my family and friends for all
the distress I have caused them. I was misled
in error by my zeal to serve the nation. I hope
the nation will forgive me and give me the
opportunity to serve again,” he begged.
Dino Melaye
To date, Salisu Buhari has remained the
poster boy of certificate scandal in the
country’s political space, with the latest
accusation levelled against a one-time anti-
corruption activist and now senator, Dino
Melaye.
Forty-three-year-old Melaye, bald-headed with
a well-tended moustache to boot, was
accused by an online news medium,
SaharaReporters of not graduating from the
same ABU. One of his colleagues, Senator Ali
Ndume, called for the upper legislative
chamber to probe him for forgery and perjury.
“SaharaReporters, please sue me and ABU if
it is true that I did not graduate from Zaria.
Tell (the Acting Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission) Magu
(Ibrahim) to arrest and prosecute me. I’m
presently a student of ABU pursuing my
seventh degree,” Melaye retorted.
However, Harvard University and the London
School of Economics and Political Science,
which Melaye had reportedly claimed to have
graduated from, told SaharaReporters that
Melaye did not study degree courses with
them, and hence, couldn’t have graduated.
As it is customary, the Senate has referred
Melaye’s case to the Committee on Ethics,
Privileges and Public Petitions. The
committee’s report is expected to come in
towards the end of April.
Just a fortnight ago, the firebrand politician
was breathing fire and brimstone, hankering
that Magu’s confirmation should be
dismissed because he did not pass the
Senate’s “integrity test.”
But the spokesman for northern delegates in
the last National Conference, Anthony Sani,
does not think it is a problem peculiar to
politically exposed persons.
“Certificate scandal is not an exclusive
preserve of politicians but manifestations of
corrupt practices that have distorted our
sense of what is right and what is evil in the
polity. Consider the prevalence of exam
malpractices, among our youths in order to
have realistic appreciation of the unsavoury
situation,” he told SUNDAY PUNCH.

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What an irony, Dino hammering on integrity!

Speechless
Poster below me, plz say sumfn!!!
Am off 2 bed