The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that those who are bent on

destroying its Presidential Candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on the
basis of his certificates may end up destroying the country’s military.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party warned that the PDP and the
Jonathan Administration are playing a dangerous game by trying to
compromise the military in order to satisfy selfish political objectives,
and urged the military, as a symbol of national unity, to beware of those
who may be seeking to use it to achieve selfish and divise ends.

It said the statement credited to the Nigerian Army Director, Army Public
Relations, Brig-Gen. Olajide Olaleye, at a press conference in Abuja on
Tuesday, that the Army is not in possession of Gen. Buhari’s certificates,
is in direct conflict with what he said on Jan. 4th 2015 on the same
issue.

”In an interview with the Punch on Jan. 4th 2015, Brig.-Gen. Olaleye said:
‘Every serving and retired Army officer has at least a copy of his
certficates and credentials kept in the Nigerian Army while that same
serving and retired officer has copies of those same certificates and
credentials’.

”Is Brig.-Gen. Olaleye now saying that he did not make that statement? If
he did, what has happened between then and now to make him to recant? It
will be interesting to know what has transpired between then and now,” APC
said.

But more worrisome, the party said, is the statement credited to
Brig.-Gen. Olaleye that there was no evidence that the certificates of all
those who joined the army in the early 1960s were verified by the
selection board.

”Is he now saying that all those who were commissioned into the officer
cadres in the 1960s did not have their certificates verified? Does this
not confirm what we said that in trying to destroy Gen. Buhari, the PDP
and the Jonathan Administration will end up destroying the army as an
institution? Or is it only Gen. Buhari that was commissioned into the army
in the 1960s,” it said.

The party also quoted Gen. Buhari as saying in an affidavit on 24/11/2014
that ”All my academic qualifications documents as filled in my
presidential form, President APC/001/2015 are currently with the Secretary
Military Board as at the time of this affidavit.”

”Those who are behind the latest controversy should now tell Nigerians
what happened to Gen. Buhari’s certificates between the time of his
affidavit and now,” it said.

APC said in any case, even if the Army now says it does not have the
certificates of Gen. Buhari, he is still very qualified to run for the
country’s highest office, as stipulated by the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.

The party quoted Section 131 (d) of the Constitution: ”A person shall be
qualified for election to the office of President if he has been educated
up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent”

APC said the meaning and interpretation of ”School Certificate level or
its equivalent can be found in the Constitution under part IV, Section
318. In that Section, a ”School Certificate or ot equivalent” is defined
quite succinctly thus:

(a) A Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, Grade II Teacher’s
Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate; or

(b) Education up to Secondary School Certificate Level; or

(c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent.

The party said since Brig.-Gen. Olaleye has now confirmed that Gen. Buhari
indeed applied to join the Army from form six, that the principal of the
school he attended even attested to his suitability, and that the form he
filled contained his Secondary School Certificate results, there is no
scintilla of doubt about his qualification to run for president as
stipulated by the Constitution.

Mogidi:
All we did was ask for Buhari certificate, is that too much to ask?

temitemi1:
Buhari, where is ur certificate GEJ till 2019!!

Mogidi:
APC desperation is approaching a new low.

dealslip:
Nigeria has more qualified people to handle the presidential position than an SSCE holder what kind of insult is this. For Godsake we can't be bugged down with this certificate nonsense. Please move on to the next qualified person. Liar Mohammed's play on words can not excuse Buharis inability to even present a basic certificate that is almost considered as nothing this days. Please this is not how change will come. Shine your eyes don't take us back to the era of economic retrogression, the world has moved beyond the likes of Buhari and illiteracy. If Power must return to the north look for other contestants from the region. If power must remain in the south look for contestants in other parties. APC is equal to PDP, full of PDP defectors

PassingShot:
[size=15pt]First, the title of the thread is misleading.[/size]


It is very obvious that the NA is compromised by the presidency and nothing can stop the General from becoming the president. Does it make any sense for the army to speak from both sides of the mouth?

In any case, the constitution is unambiguous on this matter:

APC said the meaning and interpretation of ”School Certificate level or
its equivalent can be found in the Constitution under part IV, Section
318. In that Section, a ”School Certificate or ot equivalent” is defined
quite succinctly thus:

(a) A Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, Grade II Teacher’s
Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate; or

(b) Education up to Secondary School Certificate Level; or

(c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent.


Let's wait for the General's Press briefing before we know how far.

yuncka:
Misleading topic. The propaganda is taking newer dimensions by the day.


Sai Buhari.

Mogidi:


Try visiting the link, I posted the title verbatim.

dealslip:
Nigeria has more qualified people to handle the presidential position than an SSCE holder what kind of insult is this. For Godsake we can't be bugged down with this certificate nonsense. Please move on to the next qualified person. Liar Mohammed's play on words can not excuse Buharis inability to even present a basic certificate that is almost considered as nothing this days. Please this is not how change will come. Shine your eyes don't take us back to the era of economic retrogression, the world has moved beyond the likes of Buhari and illiteracy. If Power must return to the north look for other contestants from the region. If power must remain in the south look for contestants in other parties. APC is equal to PDP, full of PDP defectors

dealslip:
Nigeria has more qualified people to handle the presidential position than an SSCE holder what kind of insult is this. For Godsake we can't be bugged down with this certificate nonsense. Please move on to the next qualified person. Liar Mohammed's play on words can not excuse Buharis inability to even present a basic certificate that is almost considered as nothing this days. Please this is not how change will come. Shine your eyes don't take us back to the era of economic retrogression, the world has moved beyond the likes of Buhari and illiteracy. If Power must return to the north look for other contestants from the region. If power must remain in the south look for contestants in other parties. APC is equal to PDP, full of PDP defectors

Oklander:
The plan by pdp to destroy Nigeria…


We will use Niger Delta militants
to destroy Nigeria if Jonathan is
not reelected; Jimi Agbaje.
We will kill Buhari in Office if he
wins the election; Ayo Fayose.
PDP and thugs in offices, smh.

Descartes:
Enlisting Buhari into the Nigerian Army without the SSCE as a prerequisite and rose to the rank of a General is the highest form of injustice in our polity in the history of mankind. Liar Mohammed should have known better than running his mouth all over the media houses.

Oklander:
True yarn, This regime is hell bent on destroying any credibility left of our military. They have played different cards and all seems to not work for them, religious, ethnicity, death threat, brainless newspaper adverts, health and now compromising the military. what a rot. smh.

One may ask how we got here! We actually got here when we(me inclusive) in 2011 made the biggest mistake of our lives by campaigning and some, voting for an embodiment of cluelessness, an incompetence personified shoeless individual fisherman who now believes "stealing is not corruption" as our president.
Fellow Nigerians, lets correct our mistake before its too late, You and I know that stealing is a big time corruption.