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damogul:
[b]The epitaph that will be left for the Presidential years of Goodluck Jonathan is this: HERE IS A PRESIDENT WHO DESTROYED PDP AND ALMOST DESTROYED NIGERIA.
by Festus Keyamo Jan 18, 2015
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GMB Vs. GEJMuhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan This is a season of hire-wired deceits, misinformation, campaign of calumny and spewing of outright falsehood and lies – all to hoodwink and deceive ordinary and gullible Nigerians for their votes.


Unfortunately, many of our elites do not want to speak up now because they do not want to be caught on the wrong side of any government in the next four years; they prefer to play safe, not wanting to be tarred with the brush of partisanship. But, I ask: what is wrong with partisanship in a country where you and your children have a huge stake? What is wrong in speaking up and standing up for what your conscience tells you is the right thing to do? What is wrong in being caught on the wrong side of the government in the next four years, if only you would be caught on the right side of posterity?

Except for a few class of persons like INEC officials, security agencies and those on the Bench, every other Nigerian has a duty - yes, a duty - to speak up now for our country, and to come down from that fence on which they are sitting regarding the 2015 general elections. Those elites who do not speak up now for fear of being branded partisan and losing face upon defeat are enemies of the people who are looking up to them for guidance.
Do not forget that I am from the Niger-Delta region and all my close friends and associates are the main supporters and aides of Mr. President. Two or three Governors who are either my former classmates or colleagues are the main backers of Mr. President. It is so easy, so convenient and so seemingly logical for me to get into that political mix and forget about the good of my country for personal gains. The disgusting message we hear all over the streets of that region every day at this time - promoted by the hirelings of the President – is that Goodluck Jonathan is “our son”, so we have no choice but to support him. In fact, I see some of my “brothers” from the Niger Delta region these days strutting all over the place, denigrating people from other regions. It is typical of what the Yorubas call “omo oju ori ola ri” (a person whose eyes have not seen wealth before).

But the question I ask those who tell me such nonsense and behave in such a manner is that, after the next four years, what is next for us? Is our entire future and that of our children dependent on a South-South President for the next four years?

Kindly note that in getting down from the fence and speaking up at this critical time, I do not mind if you speak up for Goodluck Jonathan. Yes, you have a right to do so as a Nigerian. But, as an elite, your stand must be known so that when the massacres continue because of cluelessness, when the unrestrained stealing of our public resources continue, when darkness continues to befall the nation because of lack of power, it is important we all remember those who betrayed their conscience and the people because of ethnicity and self-aggrandisement and for posterity to record it as such.

We have a President who has no single appetite to fight corruption – yes, none. Imagine a campaign that is dominated by the theme of corruption, yet the President has decided to appoint a person facing trial for money-laundering as his Director of Media and Publicity. If nobody would say it, I will say it because I am the one prosecuting the fellow in court and the case has been adjourned to February 23 and 24 for trial. Part of the lies told is that the fellow has been freed whereas some of the counts in the Charge were just struck out and the court held that he has a case to answer on some other counts. Yet nobody is asking the President these hard questions.

The President only mouths anti-corruption. The other day (December 23rd, 2014, I think) the President said he would like to erect a Hall of Shame for Nigerians who engage in corrupt and unwholesome activities that bring the country to disrepute. But he was the same person who brought a convicted criminal, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, out of the Hall of Shame to the Hall of Fame by misusing his power of Prerogative of Mercy when he granted pardon to this self-confessed ex-convict. Imagine the pain, the efforts and resources that go into securing a single conviction for corruption in this our clime. Yet, the President decided to spoil the party for anti-corruption campaigners. On top of that, he displayed corruption within corruption by selective pardon when the likes of Tarfa Balogun, Lucky Igbinedion and others who were convicted about the same period did not enjoy his Presidential pardon.

Yet nobody is asking these hard questions on the campaign trail. The funny thing is that, nearly six years into his tenure as President, Goodluck Jonathan said the other day that he is just coming up with a plan to tackle corruption!! Haba, Jona !

To add insult to injury, President Goodluck Jonathan decided to tackle the corruption of stealing of our resources in the high seas by empowering small-time crooks and criminals to police our waterways. This is because he has no idea as to how to revamp, re-organise and re-invigorate the Nigeria Navy to perform its constitutional duty. These days, it is an eyesore to see our military chiefs and officers kowtow to these empowered small-time crooks and criminals for appointment and promotions and other privileges. The disaster about this initiative of empowerment of crooks and criminals is that crude oil theft has never been so high, so rampant in the annals of this country than it is now. Why? Because the President has put a rat as a watchman over a morsel of fish. It is sad to say, but the President, by his actions, has shown no spine, no appetite, no nerve to fight corruption. He just continues to sink into an abyss of moral debauchery.

The other tragedy of this President is that, even as he is on the campaign trail, in the last one month, the omnipresent insurgents have attacked towns like Baga, Damaturu, Biu, Askira-Uba, Konduga, Marte and Gombe. Even as we speak, the Boko Haram insurgents are in total control of the whole of Borno State except Maiduguri, Monguno, Dikwa, Konduga and Biu. The insurgents are in total control of towns like Baga, Bama, Gwoza and Banki.

Before Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Boko Haram was nothing but a rag-tag group of extremists living in enclaves like Sambisa, while our proud military boys patrolled the towns. Now, under Jonathan, the reverse is the case. Our military boys are now in enclaves while Boko Haram patrol our towns. Is it not shocking that insurgents have a free reign to enter cities, abduct young girls like in Chibok, burn houses like in Baga, slaughter people for hours like in Konduga, Gwoza etc, yet our military men are nowhere to be found and they do not even give hot pursuit to the retreating insurgents? What is really going on?

One obvious flaw is that our President has lost control of the military and the top hierarchy of the military is merely feeding fat on this unfortunate situation and the President seems to be totally helpless in the face of this.

The only response the President and his handlers can proffer is to hide this glaring and crass incompetence under political gymnastics; they blame the opposition on the one hand and in the same breath, they say it is a world-wide trend and Nigeria is just having its fair share of a global malaise. Is this true? As President, you are the Commander-In-Chief. If you have evidence against the opposition, just come out with it and arrest the ring-leaders. Do not cry like a baby as Commander-in-Chief. Deal with the situation. That is why you occupy that seat. Till date, no single evidence has been produced against any of the opposition leaders linking them with the insurgency. Rather, what we see is a President who is supposedly bent on fighting insurgency but who is wining and dining with someone who has been directly linked with sponsoring the insurgents and even traveling with such a person to Chad at a time when the State Security Services officially invited that person to answer questions relating to the insurgency.

Another calamity and embarrassment is that our President, his Service Chiefs and security advisers were all led into wasting public funds by entering into a phantom cease-fire deal with fake Boko Haram leaders that left them with bloodied noses. Not to also mention the short-lived public celebration of the supposed killing of the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, by the President and his security team, only for the outlaw to appear in subsequent videos posted online, taunting the Nigerian government. Any four more years of a Jonathan Presidency can only lead to more carnage by the insurgents. He just does not have the requisite capacity to tackle this problem of insecurity. The truth must be told.

Yet you hear the President say that the nation will appreciate him better after he has left office. I am sorry, but we have seen enough bloodshed and incompetence in the last six years to know there is nothing more to expect the next four years and we have seen enough to do an assessment right now and not in the future.

In all his campaign tours, the President is already sounding like a broken record. He says he has made the rails to function again. He mentioned this so much that you imagine that he was primarily elected to revive a few train lines. It sounds very funny when you hear such things, whereas the primary duty of government is the protection of lives and properties. If that primary duty fails, then the government has failed. It is like an undergraduate hoping to be promoted to the next level by barely scraping through the ‘electives’ and failing the core courses. It will never happen. So, is the President providing train coaches to be transporting the dead bodies from the North to the South? Are the trains to be occupied by living human beings or dead human beings?

Make no mistake about it, like the President always says, it is true that we have a rise of terrorism around the world. But, we have all seen how governments around the world respond quickly and decisively to any attempt for terror to rear its ugly head within their society and how they quickly crush it. We saw it happen in the United States after 9/11; we saw it happen in Britain after the July 7, 2005 bus bombing; in the last few days, we have seen it happen in France and in Belgium. In all these cases, all attempts were nipped in the bud. Even, here in Nigeria, previous governments have nipped insurgency in the bud. The ONLY government that has allowed it to fester, germinate and grow into a full-blown war leading to a successful secession of some parts of the country is that of President Goodluck Jonathan. It is so bad that hardly a day passes by without reports of one insurgent activity or the other leading to loss of lives and limbs.

The President is also quick to mention that his administration has made the Nigerian economy the number one in Africa. He forgot to mention two things, though; one, that some of the major sectors of the Nigerian economy, that is, the telecom sector, financial services and the Nollywood industry that were taken into account to re-base the economy were sectors not created or grown by his government. Secondly, he forgot to mention that the so-called re-basing has no impact at all on the ordinary Nigerian as the 2014 World Bank Survey still shows that Nigeria is ranked third among world top five poorest countries with sixty-one percent (61%) of its citizens living below $1.25 dollar per day. No government can boast of any economic growth or theory that does not have a direct impact on the lives of its ordinary citizens. It is like a father coming home to announce and jubilate about a pay rise and promotion at workplace, yet the wife and children cannot eat or live better many months later.

The Nigerian people have tolerated too much and taken too much battering from the PDP-led Federal Government since 1999. Under the Jonathan Government, the situation in the country has sunk to an all-time low, except for the few benefitting directly from the government. They are blind to criticism and blind to healthy opposition. They hurl abuses at anyone who dares to point out these acts of maladministration. In saner societies, the President will not be allowed to campaign in many parts of the country. The people will rise against him and chase his convoy away.

The clear alternative to this monumental mess is the person of General Muhammadu Buhari. Let us be clear that Buhari does not present the total package Nigerians want at this time. He is human, he is not perfect. But at this point in our history, at this time, at this moment, he presents the only viable option and avenue for the people to vent their frustrations and anger against an inept and clueless Federal Government. He represents the rallying point for the frustrated and teeming masses of our people. He reminds me of MKO Abiola (with some of his imperfections) who became the rallying point in the struggle against military rule.

That is the change we are talking about. It is not a change from imperfection to perfection. It is a change from hopelessness and cluelessness to some hope and to some expectations.

All the personal attacks on the person of Buhari in the last few weeks have only convinced me that he is the best available option at this time. Anyone on the weaker side in any argument always resorts to personal abuses and attacks. Have you noticed that on corruption, the only accusation against Buhari is that, he was too high-handed in fighting corruption in the past? In other words, nobody can/has accused him of lacking the courage, zeal and will to fight corruption. On the other hand, the President eats, sleeps and wakes up with corruption. In one of his famous interviews, he did not even see stealing as corruption. That is why he does not see the point why he should not appoint a person standing trial for corruption as his Director of Media and Publicity. He just does not care.

So, Nigerians, we must decide what we want. When Buhari fought corruption and was supposedly high-handed, he was ruling with Decrees. Now, he has the Constitution, the National Assembly, and the Judiciary without ouster clauses to guide him. It is therefore only an that will believe the propaganda that he would throw everyone suspected of corruption into jail. I feel so sorry at times for the gullible masses of this country who fall for such cheap propaganda. But it is his type of appetite and revulsion against corruption that we so dearly need at this time.

You may say whatever you like about Buhari, but in terms of the character, the steel, the competence to lead the nation out of this period of insurgency, nobody can compare a Goodluck Jonathan to a General Buhari. Just imagine the Service Chiefs (who were probably in secondary school when Buhari and others fought the Civil War) sitting in front of Buhari to brief him about the situation in the North East, and attempting to mislead him about movements of artillery, brigades or troops and, the strategy against the enemy!

The attack on Buhari’s certificate is most unfortunate. Only fools can be deceived that a sworn affidavit in place of a certificate that you cannot readily produce is not sufficient for certain purposes. What is important is that the school(s) and dates are mentioned in such affidavits which can be subject to verification. But unfortunately the President’s team has carried on as if leadership is a function of academic degrees and qualifications. This is so sad. Leadership is a divine quality, almost always bestowed at infancy so much so that even in primary schools, we see traits of leadership amongst pupils. If it were not so, then there would be no need for elections. We should just look for the most qualified professor in our Ivory Towers and make him President because that would be the best material for President.

Besides, what moral right has Jonathan got to discuss Buhari’s certificate when I have since informed him that his Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko forged all his certificates, yet the President has not even ordered a simple investigation into the matter. He has turned a willful blind eye to the issue.

The orchestration of the age of Buhari is just another mischief, symptomatic of the weaker side the President’s team find themselves in the argument. Agility and strength and good health is not exactly a function of age. Yar’Adua did not die in power because he was an old man. Abacha did not die in power because he was an old man. Obasanjo ruled until he was seventy (70) years and it is the same set of PDP big wigs that are now criticizing the age of Buhari that were promoting and supporting the third-term bid of Obasanjo that would have taken him to, perhaps, seventy-eight (78) years as President. Today, Obasanjo still jumps about at nearly eighty (80) years or perhaps more. Professor Wole Soyinka, at over eighty (80) years, still travels everywhere, delivering lectures.

The relevant question here is that, is the age more important than the character or the character more important than the age? For those who are Christians, remember that the Bible says in Proverbs 16:31 that grey-headedness is a crown of beauty if found in the ways of righteousness. It is idiotic to deride an elderly person who is still agile and upright in character, instead of us praying that we live up to that age and we are blessed with such strength at such an age. During the Second Republic, the South-West and South-East massively voted for Awolowo and Azikiwe respectively who were both over seventy (70) years old, yet nobody raised an eyebrow.

Finally, this is not the time to adopt the herd mentality by joining the so-called “winning train” because the ruling party is always expected to rig elections in its favour. What we are witnessing with the large followership of Buhari is a revolution, a mass movement, a display of anger by the people against Jonathan and his government. This is a time for well-meaning Nigerians, the elites to rise up and speak truth to power, regardless of whose ox is gored. We can halt the slide to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, etc by our simple votes. We must vote out incompetence, cluelessness and corruption.

The epitaph that will be left for the Presidential years of Goodluck Jonathan is this: HERE IS A PRESIDENT WHO DESTROYED PDP AND ALMOST DESTROYED NIGERIA.

I have purged my conscience. Now, I can sleep.

FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.[/b]

You might as well start your own thread

Just saying.

Kororugged:
Useless and baseless revisionism.

General Buhari was a military leader between 1983-1985, he ruled the country through decrees.

Nigeria is now under a democratic disposition with institutions that are hinged on the rule of law and d separation of powers.

Obasanjo did similar things while he was military head of state but Nigerians voted for him to be their civil president on 2 occasions

this thread is dead on arrival.

If by similar things you mean a military man turned politician yes of course, but if you mean they ruled with the same type of dogmatic ignorant and barbaric ruthlessness, then I'll say your argument and logic is faulty by default buhari and obasonjo aren't, were never and would never be the same.

Sorry to say but you should wash those errors out of your mouth before you mistakingly utter them in public.

Kenai:
Was the 1984 New York Times article I posted exposing the fact that Buhari signed a pact with Brazil to refine our oil outside the country also owned by MKO Abiola, or are you looking for new ghosts to blame for that one?

When NANS came out a few days ago to say they would NEVER support Buhari, did the APC fanatics not claim they were PAID BY GEJ? Yet this article I posted has REVEALED why they never liked the man.
Who are you going to blame for that one too?

Keep looking for ghosts to accuse for the crimes of your hypocritical Mr. Integrity.

Baba, na follow I dey follow you so

U sabi jhor!

deluxecad:
Jonathan will woefully lose this election, no matter how desperate he and his cronies try to shift the focus from real issues on ground to trying to misanalyze a general's certificate. The issues on ground are so real and biting that we should focus on them for the benefit of our own children than this baseless mud slinging.

It isn't Jonathan questioning Buhari here, it is we the private citizens of Nigeria who refuse to be fooled by the blitz and propaganda surrounding APC's and booharis campaign that are asking the questions and are calling him to order, we are wondering how an illiterate ignoramus was able to bluster his way to and through the highest echelons of power in Nigeria on the alter of tribalism and military impunity without anyone calling him to order. Well, unfortunately for him this time, this is democracy and in a democratic dispensation, we have the right to ask him every question that we find valid pertaining to his history and personality once he offers himself up for public office, the same rights I believe you believe you have to question GEJ about his competence and performance and if Buhari doesn't like the questions, he can help himself by stepping down because even if GOD forbid he wins, these questions and doubts will still dog him and dare I say osibande for staking his credibility on the altar of a very tainted Buhari by associating with him in the first place.

porka:
The principal said in the letter that Buhari would pass his exams.

It turned out that Buhari never passed any exams.

The guy has been using this fraud to rise and intimidate Nigerians.

The time is up for this fraudster.

WORD!!!!!

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.

That of my late dad is still intact in his house................if it goes missing, there will be copies obtainable from the offices he worked with because he actually submitted them to be stored in his service file for record and reference purposes. The military only had a letter of recommendation from buharis principal, they never had the certificate or statement of result for buhari because buhari never had any......CHIKENA!! Stop rationalising the irrational. Buhari blustered his Way through the military hierarchy to its uppermost echelons on the altar of tribalism and nepotism, not academic qualifications. It is we Nigerians not the PDP or INEC who are holding him to account this time. The era of "don't you know who I am?" Is coming to an end..........failure to do this, "I will piiiiite kwarrufshion" mantra will sound very rich coming from him.

Iceathome:
It was established btw 1955--1957

Olodo! That was not waec, that was its precursor wasc or something like that

Horpe23:
Where were this guys during the #Bringbackourgirls campaign If truly they feel concerned about the life of an average Nigerian they should have been in the news demanding good governance and an end to insurgency...

Now who or what stops you from protesting for that

JurassicPark:
What is progressive about voting a president who has only a WAEC certificate wanting to rule a country full of intellectuals?

You really think he has one

dvee2:
Notice it's no longer certificate but Perjury, this PDP are unbelievable. Nigerians are wiser now.

Don't forget forgery too

nawahoo:
What sense are they making. How will somebody that is gainfully employed where a black shirt, carry a placard and go and stand in the scorching sun of this Lagos and be demanding for nonsense. APC have shown their sources of fund. Live with it or go to court. I really feel the are jobless and been given a stipend to do this. It is sheer stupidity.

How many anti PDP or pro APC have you heard or seen partake in this kind of charade
I weep for our youth that are mortgaging their future for a pot of porridge or is it akara?

The above shows your lack of comprehension about what it means to be living in the freedom of an actual democracy
. The right to congregate, to protest and to ask questions is constitutionally enshrined. Stoning a persons convoy is not a right.
Remember the fuel subsidy removal protests?
Were those people jobless too? The rationalisation of you APC sympathisers is very laughable atimes. Meanwhile, under our laws perjury and forgery are crimes but I guess Buhari is above the law right?

azibit:
I just wish these people trying to create this joke of a group will take their time to read about the achievements of Buhari.
Buhari is not a saint. But I believe he's more capable of ruling Nigeria than the Man who has had the mantle of leadership for 6 years.
Buhari ruled for two years and corruption was reduced. I wonder what would have happened if he ruled for 6 years. Let's give change a chance.
Just go online and read about the achievements of Buhari rather than listening to what some people want you to believe.
SAI BUHARI

Achievements you say

Please kindly educate me.

Make we let buhari old heart rest small abeg

Oya! Where my microscope?

*Seaching for toronto and chicago markers*

Wait!!!

Shey na me be FTC?

STC no bad sha.

TOKUGAWA:
Most people against Buhari are mostly undergraduates,unemployed graduates that still wait for mum and dad to buy recharge cards.Arab spring was caused by the killing of an unemplyed graduate in Tunisia.Look at the immigration exercise,despite making billions out of unemployed youths,lives were lost ,yet nothing was done by the President to either fire Aba Moro or refund the money paid by the applicants.Infact those that were promised authomatic employment are still at home. FYI Buhari wrote Cambridge WASC not WAEC.WAEC was formed in 1962 or there about and GMB finished in 1961.Just imagine the standard of education during this period?no wonder grandpas that wrote Cambridge WASC speaks better English than the WAEC generation.

Speak for yourself and yourself alone!

My late dad is of Buhari's generation and he fought his way through school and got his qualifications (verifiable with actual certificates not affidavits) and booharis english both spoken and written is not up to that of my father's little finger, i learnt how to speak correct english from my parents before i even started nursery school as did my other siblings though we don't thank them much for that as it affected the speed with which we could have grasped our native language. i still struggle with my native language today which goes to show how corrupted we were with the english language from infancy. Booharis english both written and spoken can't compare with that of my little finger.

It is an insult to call Buhari literate in the same guise as my late father.

It is also an insult to call Buhari literate and educated in the same guise as me.

My uncle joined the army in 1967, he joined as a WASC certificate holder. A result which he recently obtained back then. At the end of the war, he was drafted to pay and records because he was educated and he worked there till he resigned. The army only has a copy of his result in their records. The original is with him.

Buhari should stop saving face and do the necessary.

Buhari should show us his certificate.

dougivilla:
Breaking News!!!!!!


APC blames PDP for the purported loss of GMB's certificate.

The spokesman of the party, Alh Lai Mohammed says the harsh economic situation in the country is responsible for the loss of memory by officers of the Nigerian Army. The action of the Nigerian army was described as a direct assault on the major opposition party.

In a related development, the former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu has accused the federal government of Nigeria of placing obstacles on GMB's way at calabar which almost caused the party a national embarrassment. He says the action was wicked and callous.

Speaking further, he described the reported 'forgetfulness' of their presidential aspirant as a contraption of the NTA, the FG owned TV station.

Our amiable grand pa GMB neither forgot the name of his VP/his phone number nor the full meaning of the acronym INEC which NTA maliciously reported as Independent Nigeria Electoral commission. This action he said was journalism taken to the cleaners.


But wait oh...... why Buhari no wait until he collect him original certificate before he do this press release so that as e dey call PDP names, e for say something like ''foolish Fidifi, see potocofi of my fafer/result here''

Dude!

You just made my day

Thumbs up

CaptaiinG:
Did Gej showed you his certificate? What about sambo that claim his certifcate got burnt? There is no different of someone that said his certificate got burnt and someone they said he does not have certificate,mind you u can't join the military without waec or ssce,and for God sake this man is a General,u probably must be clueless cos u don't know the hierarchy a person who is a General is,he his at the top,even the military sent him to further his Education here in the US and he also went for a programme in the UK and in china,May God help us all But seriously when u Leave the country uk now better,was reading a news in which they said gasoline(pms) has been reduced to 87 naira and I was laughing that my collegues were even asking me why I was laughing and I told that that the imcubate Government think Nigerians are not wise just because of election u reduce the price of pms to campaign,u know what they told me? They said if the imcubate Government wins the Election,then Nigerians aren't wise.well that can't happen here in the us,vote wisely

CERTIFICATE? Don't you know who I am ? I am alhaji muhammadu Buhari. MUHAMMADU BUHARI!! Now get lost!!!!

Ooooops!!!! sorry, that doesn't work anymore. The practice of employing unqualified illiterates into government institutions over more qualified people is now under the spotlight.

Just show us the certificate.

Damager:
HE HAD ASSUMED Do u swear affidavit based on an assumption WE ARE FINISHED

One word
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PERJURY



And its a crime.

great664:
Buhari word in quote "I had assumed all along that all my records were in the custody of the Military Secretary of the Nigerian Army. Much to my surprise, we are now told that although a record of the result is available, there are no copies of the certificates in my personal file. This is why I formally requested my old school the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina [which is now known as Government College, Katsina] to make available the school’s copy of the result of the Cambridge/West African School Certificate. This will be made available to the press the moment this is available.""

So you have been assuming for more than 30yrs now? How silly do you think we are? How clueless have you been? And you attack GEJ for being clueless for just 6yrs, while you have been a fool, clueless and an "assumer" for over 30yrs. You are a Failure Buhar! Your parents should be ashamed of what you become.

Buhari the clueless assumer

Sylverbox:
my exact thoughts. Let us see his thesis, he doesn't strike me like one who even has an MSC.

Were you on sabbatical on mars

His thesis is a done and dead issue. Google is your friend my friend.

codedguy1:
Does Buhari even know the consequences of swearing an affidavit based on assumptions.

For something as important as that and the fact that the INEC forms indicated that he had to submit copies, how come he couldn't go to the supposed military board to assist in get a CTC to attach to the form.

Swearing an affidavit entails facts that are easily verifiable.

Perjury!!

It takes more lies to cover up a single lie!

Because of all that has happen, if and when the sch produces a result for Buhari, it will go under serious scrutiny because a lot of people now feel he has no result and all these gimmick is just to waste everybody's time.

If the certificate suffaces today and it is verified, all opposition will be quiet. That's what is expected.

I hope this does not snowball into something else in this country!

Just one word

PERJURY

A crime under the law

vigasimple:
GBAM.

The issue is honesty and only a stupid man will not know that Bhuari has not been honest and has perjured himself. You do not swear affidavit on assumptions. 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015, he cannot just go over to the Military board and collect his documents or photocopy or his previous schools. He is doing a typical Nigeria big man 'Don't you know who I am ' .

On a practical level, having attended those advanced military studies, they are more than GCE O LEVELS notwithstanding he may be qualified by school results but he is incompetent and incapable of leading this nation and our present need.

Swearing oaths on assumptions is a crime called..............PERJURY!!

Bottomline is, Buhari has committed a crime.

Why is nobody understanding the ramifications of this.

Toktee:
Let your father show us your own.

My late father has his certificates intact, from primary to grammar school to O'level to University in his safe. They are in our (his children's) possession now. In it is clearly stated the exams he wrote, those he passed and those he failed. Were my father alive, he would be a year older than Buhari meaning they are of the same generation.
We can defend my late father's academic qualifications.
Buhari should present his and defend them
There is no need for ambiguity.
This isn't rocket science.
This just goes to show that there is truth to the claim that many uneducated Northerners were unfairly favoured in recruitment into our country's institutions over better qualified southerners.

taharqa:
Everything you just wrote here is based on one 'fact': He said.

And we are to believe him, right? This is the same person who said (actually SWORN in an affidavit b4 a competent court that his certificates were with the Military board). Having been caught in that 'lie' after the military denied any possession of said certificates, he just retracted on that claim now in this press conference by saying he had 'presumed' they were with the military.

That is the same person you expect us to just believe his words just cos he said so, right??

But we are not all DUMB followers of this man na

That lie constitutes PERJURY which is a crime. Why is nobody talking about this?

Buhari has just committed a CRIME and we are letting him get away with it.

Has Nigeria become that lawless?

kITATITA:
Now that the result is out, find another occupation.

Abeg show me

sherilycious:
He cannot find his weac certificate that he thought was submitted 33years ago, but remembers the exam number, exam that was written 53 years ago How is that possible. This people they carry us they play o. APC better bring a different candidate if really you want to bring change.

One word. PERJURY

Adegbodolu1:
These Igb* internet warriors are crazy mischief makers ..............


The man has provided more information than we need to verify the authenticity of his certification.

I did my waec in 1982 and yet i have no idea what i scored or my number or jack.

I cant remember the last time anyone asked to see it.

Do you work for the gorverment

Are you running for the presidency

See why we don't need to know whether or not you are qualified?

But the law mandates that buhari have a certain minimum qualification to be able to contest for the presidency

We are trying to uphold the law.

In btw, if you are employed, then sorry to say your employer hasn't done his due diligence with respect to you.

But am guessing you are self employed or retired from paid jobs and if you were ever employed, you had your certificate or copies of it at the point of employment.

I might still be wrong though.

espn:
stop using tout like language for me..what r u parking.

Noticed, oya address the issues

aus1234:
Buhari sworn to an affidavit that his certicate is with the Nigeria Army.
He is now assuming on his press confrence that he thought so!
There is a clinche "That assumption is the lowest degree of intelligence"
We can all see the change APC so desired for Nigeria youths.

Mr. Transparency that is perjury..... They should all buried their heads in shame.....

Please thank you, but allow me go ahead and educate, no remind Nigerians what perjury is again...........perjury means lying under oath.

Buhari lied under oath when he swore an affidavit in court that he knew for sure that his records were with the military. Ignorance is neither an excuse or a defence under the law.

Perjury is a criminal offence in Nigeria and other civilised countries in the world.

DO YOU ALL GET IT NOW
BUHARI HAS COMMITED A CRIME
A CRIME I REPEAT
PERJURY IS OR SHOULD BE A SERIOUS
CRIME

Unfortunately, this is Nigeria and he is getting away with it.

Eziachi:
You now rest until you find another childish thing to talk about based on:
1. You now officially been told the school he attended (The school still exist not fictional)
2. You now know the years he attended the school.
3 You know now that he did not attend the school alone. His classmate were mentioned, prominent people, one still alive I believe
4. You now know what years he wrote his exam and his exam number (I don't even know where mine is, let alone my exam number)
5. You now know the name of the exam board Cambridge/WASC (Mine was Oxford/WASC)

I think he has said enough, and if I were him, I wouldn't even be bothered, but he understood that Nigeria is a peculiar country were gossip is treated as fact. Where people trample on their conscience in order to get advantage.

And that is why forgive me people like you, are rightly termed sheep. Blind and unquestioning loyalty isn't the function of an intelligent mind

ApexTitan:
Is this a hoax? I would like to believe this is genuine but no mention is made of the source or where this press release was made. Funny thing though, how come in it Buhari mentions his exam number yet he is not in possession of even one copy of the much sought after certificate? How was he able to remember that one? LOL!

Anyway nice try. We await real developments on this matter.

Abi oh!
U sef see am?