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He's supposed to be Oba but he talks like a kid, pathetic! Another tinubu's stooge learning to talk.

abacusCm:
it's bcs u don't have light during oyo state campaign and that is why u could nt watch tv and see how our next president (BUHARI) dance that day

Really? That's good to know o! Oyo must be very blessed to have buhari dance in their state, it shows he's not clueless! Allah as akbaru sambisa!!!

This is someone's father o!
I would love to see buhari dance.
#showyourcertificatebuhari#

OrlandoOwoh:
The question here is what was (as in the 1960s), not what ought. During time Buhari got into the army, a credit in mathematics was not compulsory.

Where did u get ur information.
The standard for commissioned officers has been the same before the advent of NDA.
5 credits including mathematics and English.

TCD:
military policy in 1961 is different from policy in 2015 .

And what was the military policy?

cuteboy2:
Before I comment, I must express my utter sadness that the 2015 Presidential campaigns that was shaping up to be a very keen contest based on performance records and manifestoes has degenerated into slugfest of dishing dirt by both sides. It reminds one of the very bitter Clinton/Bush and Romney/Obama elections in the US. The hapless Nigerian masses are the real losers.

The campaign has unfortunately shifted from pitching programmes to credibility test of the contestants. Unfortunately, APC campaign machinery played into PDP trap by questioning GEJ's BSc, MSc and PhD, and even requesting GEJ to produce his thesis and provide list of classmates and his students as evidence that he actually got a doctorate from University of Port Harcourt, and that he was ever a lecturer. A very silly strategy.

I have largely refrained from commenting on many of the posts on this subject because of the personal insults and empty emotional responses dripping with pointless anger. I respond to your post because you seem to have tried to deal with the questions people have raised by sticking to facts. Kudos.

Even though I have serious concerns with Buhari's past inhuman treatment of progressives during the aborted 2nd republic by the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, I like millions of independent minded Nigerians would vote for him due to the Progressive Platform he is running on.

Buhari has no resources to run this campaign. The very rich Northern political establishment who are waiting in the wings with the hope of reaping political power with Buhari's ascension are not funding his campaign. The sophisticated APC political machinery (funds, publicity, strategy, organisation) made available to him is strongly rooted in the Progressive Foundation, Ideals and Ideology.

The only resource/currency Buhari is bringing to his campaign platform is his perceived credibility and famed pristine integrity. If these two qualities have any chinks, then Buhari has lost the only reason many who witnessed and endured his assault on the Progressive Platform and the free press (ask Tunde Thompson of Guardian, victim of Decree no 4) in 1984, and millions who were not born then, but are willing to give him a try just for the sake of change a try.

Hence, those who ask questions about his deposition regarding the credentials do not doubt his ability to run the Nigeria state, neither do doubt the fact that the agglomeration of his early education Secondary School level and various military education programmes he underwent has sufficiently educated, but simply want incontrovertible assurance that the man they have come to regard as upright and of pristine character did not lie under oath about his the location of his academic certificates, and more importantly, that he met the minimum requirement of 5 O'Level credits including English and Mathematics required to undergo training for commission as an Officer in the Nigerian Army. This is the standard requirement that was clearly stated by his school Principal in the Testimonial letter to the Army Recruitment Board in 1961 (see attached).

Having set the scene, please address areas of concern and provide the evidences you allude to per each point in your post:

#1. "only copies". I suppose you are already aware that the Nigerian Army has clarified that they neither have copies, nor originals of his certificates.

#3. Are you sure of this fact. Do you have a copy of that letter written by the Principal of Govt College Katsina to Cambridge University? Do you have the response cover letter from Cambridge University that accompanied the "master list"? No responsible organisation will provide such a sensitive "master list" without a signed cover letter on University letterhead.

#5. How could Premium Times be the party to release such critical information to the public? Is Premium Times an arm of Buhari Campaign Organisation? I would expect either Buhari Campaign Organisation, APC Publicity Secretary or Govt College Katsina who are the direct parties concerned to release this upfront via a Press Release, press conference or paid advert, and not through the backdoor by Premium Times. Moreover, what evidence do you have that Premium Times "confirmed and authenticated the results with Cambridge University before releasing it"? This is a very weighty task for an independent newspaper who is not a party in the matter to undertake. Were they acting on Buhari's instructions?

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC Publicity Secretary appeared on Channels TV Sunrise Daily Thur, 22/1/15, the day after this controversial Statement of Result or Certificate was released by Premuim Times, he never itemised all these processes you claimed in item #5. Lai Mohammed is a very thorough man. If that process was followed, he would most certainly have elaborated on them. He did not. In annoyance and frustration, he dwelt more on all the further military courses he attended in Aldershot and India to buttress the fact that Buhari is qualified to contest the election.

a) Did General Buhari ever make a formal name change from "Mohamed" to "Mohammadu" when he became Head of State?
b) Is "Mohamed Buhari" the student with that Statement of Result the same as "Mohammdu Buhari" the Head of State?
c) Did Buhari meet the basic requirement to be commissioned as an Officer in the Nigerian Army as attested to by his school Principal?
d) Did Buhari lie in his sworn affidavit to INEC?

These are the troubling questions which demand direct answers by the candidate. Believe me Nigerians love this man enough to forgive him if he comes clean.
He seems to have done a bit of this regarding item (d) during his press conference on Tue, 21/1/15. He needs to tackle items (a) - (c) as well.

u were not only objective, but apt in ur analysis. I enjoyed reading this master piece.
permit me to share it.

Leez:
While its true that interest in the military was enough for one to join in the 60's.to get promoted to another rank one had to go on course and take exams to get promoted and for buhari to reach the rank of general he surely must have gone to a war college where he will get a M.sc so I find it funny when civilians think soldiers don't read
Oh and if you fail your courses continuously in the military,you're retired

Buhari is one of the few senior military
officers in the history of the Nigeria to
fail the Command and Staff College
exams as well as the senior military
examinations. While his senior military
colleagues, such as Ibrahim Babangida,
Tunde Idiagbon, Theophilus Danjuma,
Augustus Aikhomu and Abdulsalami
Abubakar have military suffixes after
their names, such as FSS; Psc; or MNI;
Buhari has none.

otigbagba:
..hian..odikwa egwu...see cluelessness is actually transmissible. .im out of here. .ndi pdp

And because u say I'm clueless, that makes u feel like a super intelligent being? enjoy ur folly.

babadee1:
The original 1961 certificate was lost. Many people who finished school decades after Buhari have lost their original certificates.
When you lose your original certificate you can apply to your school for a statement of results which will be issued on current letterhead paper according to current guidelines. The photo on the statement of results is recent because it is required by the school for a new statement of result to be issued. This statement of result was issued yesterday January 21, 2015 not in 1961.

I hope this has helped those people still confused by this recent development.

Did buhari at any point in time claimed he lost his certificate?
No.
First he said it was with the military, later Lai Muhammad said Ibb went with it during the palace coup. Buhari has never claimed he lost his certificate. I stand to be corrected

ganye1:
Ikimi is either ignorant about the issue or is lying because the Justice Ayo Irikife panel did its work and presented its report which absolved Buhari of any wrong doing. They went to London and interviewed the Manager of the Midland bank and the Manager told them no such account exists in the bank. The Justice Irikife panel did its work, presented its report absolving Buhari of any wrong doing and the government released its white paper based on the findings of the panel.

Any links to verify what u just wrote?

apc telling uncommon progressive lies!
apc una good morning this afternoon o!

I don't just understand the import of this letter. First it was affidavit and now a letter; couldn't the opposition use the same energy to dig out buhari's certificate? even the photocopy from the military source?
The joke is on u supporters of buhari.

Good news!
But it won't stop aboki from killing; it's in their blood to kill.

The same man that was so full of himself while in office as fct minister. He even called senators fools, and now he is born again and humble. Apc continue acting movies, we are enjoying it.

Good! Buhari does not need to present nepa bill again, he can now enrol here for a certificate; not affidavit.

Doro boss Don Jonathan at his best. What a dance! Haters are hating, Don Jonathan is a fulfilled man.Respect to the president! Sincere Nigerians support u.
All hail president Jonathan.

Trailblazer1:
But there will be rioting if Jonathan touches a quran.

Exactly my brother!

When is he (buhari ) taking communion?
Gej till buhari stabilizes oil price!!

lacasa:
Illiterate, quote where the quran says anything close to BokoHaram.

Mtscheeu, I even thot u wer confused, I didn't know ur just an ignorant bigot.


Wasted my valuable time on u sef


*next*

Wow! almajiri asking me to quote the quran . I guess the Hamas, hizballah, alqaida, alshabaab all draw their inspiration from my anus right?
Keep wishing Islam had a better ideology.
Allahu akbaru akuya!!!

lacasa:
I can see ur a good christian, right?


Watch ur comments, death has no bias, u dnt know how u'll also end up


Pray for the dead or just shut up


#we need to help this country by tryin a new approach to our collective security.


Vote 4 Buhari.

Really?
And what approach did buhari say he will use to curb terrorism in the north? When buhari was busy making excuses for them, where were u?.
boko haram represent Islamic ideology and until u understand That, u will keep throwing insult, and wishing that Islam was better that what we have today.
Allahu akbaru!

The sharia Republic of northestan!
Allahu akbaru!!
next topic! And rip to the dead.

goryorhal:
What that suppose to mean ?
I Jez pity ur life sha .. Maybe Na when Oga jona finish this country our eyes go open ..
Anyway na one vote you get sha , no knows maybe you sef dey among dose who won carry election box ..

#teamfweshair#
#change#

keep to the topic.
we are talking about the economic Messiah, buhari who claimed he will stabilize oil price if elected. That must be plauded or don't u think so?

goryorhal:
Bros abeg must you reason like GEJ?

Are u not proud that buhari can stabilize world oil price?
I didn't make up that statement, buhari truly will be amazing u know; pls be happy!!

goryorhal:
Bros abeg must you reason like GEJ?

Are u not proud the buhari can stabilize world oil price?
I didn't make up that statement, buhari truly will be amazing u know; pls be happy!!

Next will be people without certificate show solidarity to buhari.
Gej till buhari stabilizes world oil price!

It's obvious previous government, buhari's regime inclusive, made budget for defense yet embezzled the money. In 2015 they expected gej to waive a magic wand to solve the security challenge the north has brought upon themselves.
Deep inside every sincere heart, we know it's not about good governance, it's about power returning to the north.
Let buhari keep enjoying his online support, but Nigerians will reject this born to rule mentality of the north.
Gej till buhari present his certificate!!
Gej till buhari stabilizes world oil price!!

Numismatic:
Wow,it so easy to hate, to turn a blind eye to the achievements of someone simply because he is hated and people are tired of his government..all I pray is that buhari would not turn to be the monster that we all feared he is when he is elected all because of hate for the man from otuoke..its really frightening how Nigerians are turning a blind eye to the many evils Buhari perpetrated, saying he has changed, a man doesn't just change over night..it shows how tired nigerians are of the impunity that goes on in the present government..if eventually we vote this man out come February,whatever be the consequences, I hope we nigerians will bear it without complaining..

Nairaland does not in any way represent the views of majority of informed Nigerians.
Buhari is the president of online nairaland subscribers, but Jonathan remains the president of Nigeria till 2019.

nagoma:
You forgot to say that 99% of those Ebonyi kids sat the exams but just copied the answers. Expo is what exam is in your part. Corrupt immoral people to the core. How else do you explain GEJ's PhD?

So students don't cheat in examination up north? U are a true buhari supporter. U are also Mr. honest man next to buhari. Sai ngoma

makhez019:
ma bro, make we no deceive ourselves. D north don't go to skool, we served dere we knw wad is obtainable dere. Wen we set exams and test dem won't do anytin and at d end dey will promote dem. Stop acting like we don't know wadz going on dere. Datz how it has been. Instead for ya to stay put, ya dere saying shit, I repeat ya northerners don't know anytin oda dan destruction and farming. Only d few are good and dey occupy big postions and use it to help dem immediate family as against d majority of ya all

Thank u for saying the truth. I once taught in the north, precisely Kano state. The principal will ask u to promote all in the class and during external exams, they will ask that you, the teacher should write for them.
I also noticed that four students can have the same name; example Adamu abdul zakirai, it therefore become easy for four persons to use one certificate to look for job.
The northern part of this country is sick.

All I see Is people especially from the west being careful not to insult the clergy; imagined If oritsejafor was the one making such statement.
That being said, the clergy man is saying the truth, just that the man is so pained by the mischief of these northern muslims. Must the north always rule?
why should they kill for every thing.

iykeaniogbe:
if he didn't scale through his courses,hw was he promoted to d rank of a Brigadier General?

Quota system.
The same reason a child from the south who scored 130 and was denied entry into unity school whereas a child from the north scored 3 and was admitted.

He is one of the few senior military
officers in the history of the Nigeria to
fail the Command and Staff College
exams as well as the senior military
examinations. While his senior military
colleagues, such as Ibrahim Babangida,
Tunde Idiagbon, Theophilus Danjuma,
Augustus Aikhomu and Abdulsalami
Abubakar have military suffixes after
their names, such as FSS; Psc; or MNI;
Buhari has none.

stayblack:
make una write anythin, buhari go win.discipline is no 1.without it no progress in life.come to germany and see what discipline has done to a nation.paid ram.

For u descipline means to gather soldiers to flog adults? I give up!!!