Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Saturday
disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari should be disqualified from the
presidential race over his inability to present his credentials.
He said Buhari’s failure to present his credential to the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, “automatically makes him
ineligible” to run for a second term as President.
In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode stated that Nigeria has
laws which must be respected by citizens, starting from the President.
He wrote: “The ominious, specious and shortsighted
suggestion that we should overlook the fact that President Buhari does not have
a WAEC certificate which automatically makes him ineligible to run for the
Presidency is disingenious, erroneous and morally indefensible.
“I say this because our country is not a lawless jungle or a
zoo. There are rules and regulations when it comes to the issue of running for
public office and these rules and regulations need to be strictly adhered to
and honored by everyone, including the President.
“50 presidential candidates presented their certficates to
INEC successfully and Buhari was the only one that was unable to do so. Is this
not a recklesss display of sheer and brazen impunity and an irresponsible
expression of utter contempt for the rule of law on the part of Buhari?
“The question is why should he be exempted from presenting
his certificate? Is he above the law? If a man cannot come clean about his
educational qualifications and instead insists on peddling the fallacious and
pernicious lie that the Army has them in their custody.
“(An assertion that the the Army have now denied)can that
man be trusted with the destiny of a nation?He got away with it four years ago
and those that said at the time that they were ready to support him even if all
he had was a NEPA certificate are now regretting it bitterly.
“Are we prepared for another four years of this patently and
manifestly fraudlent behaviour and constant breach of the most basic rules?
Unless he presents those certificates the President is not eligible to run. We
are not talking about the submission of affidavits, we are talking about the
submission of the certificates themselves or certified true copies of them.
Anything short of the presentation of either of the two to INEC is unacceptable
and unlawful and it means that his candidacy is null and void.
“This matter is a question of morality, honor, decency and
law. On all four counts, Buhari has failed and he shall forever be damned and
convicted in the hearts and minds of the Nigerian people for subjecting us to
the horrendous indignity of being saddled with a President that has no basic
education and that thrives on deceit, double-speak, subtefuge and mendacity.
Nigeria deserves far better. Buhari must go.”
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You that have the certificate, you could have contest so that INEC will disqualify him and allow you.
ReplyDeleteBuhari and his certificate saga is an embarrassment to the country, real big shame, folk you all in APC
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