Some candidates
running for the highest office in the country have reportedly told the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that their academic
credentials are missing.
According
to The Tribune, Bola Tinubu, presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar, Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate; Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP
vice-presidential candidate; Sani Yabagi, Action Democratic Party (ADP)
presidential candidate; AbdulMalik Ado Ibrahim, Young Progressives Party (YPP)
presidential candidate; and Kabiru Masari, “placeholder” for VP slot of the
APC, have all given reasons why they do not have some of their original
academic credentials.
BOLA TINUBU
In an affidavit, Tinubu, former governor of Lagos, reportedly said he went into exile during the reign of the late Sani Abacha, former head of state, and at the time he was away from the country his property was looted with his certificates missing.
“I went on self-exile from October 1994 to October 1998,
when I returned and discovered that all my property, including all the
documents relating to my qualifications and my certificates were looted by
unknown persons,” he was quoted as saying in the affidavit to INEC.
ATIKU ABUBAKAR
The PDP presidential candidate, in an affidavit presented to
the electoral commission, reportedly said he wished to be known by his current
name because his WAEC certificate carries the name “Siddiq Abubakar”.
The former vice-president reportedly declared GCE
certificate obtained in 1965 and a master’s degree obtained in 2021.
ABDULMALIK ADO IBRAHIM
The YPP presidential candidate reportedly said he lost his
original B.Sc and diploma certificates.
“[I lost my] original BSc certificate issued by American
College of Los Angeles, dated 1988; High School Diploma issued to me by Langley
High, Norwich, UK dated 1979 and official degree transcript,” Ado Ibrahim
reportedly said in an affidavit to INEC.
“That all efforts
made to trace the said documents have proved abortive.”
SANI YABAGI
In an affidavit, the ADP standard-bearer reportedly changed
the name on his University of Colombia (US) certificate obtained in 1978 from
“Sani Yusuf” to “Yabagi Yusuf Sani”.
IFEANYI OKOWA
In an affidavit, the PDP vice-presidential candidate
reportedly said his WAEC certificate obtained in 1974 is missing.
“That I personally enrolled and sat for the West African
Examinations Council (WAEC) West African School Certificate (WASC) examinations
in the year 1974 at Edo College, Benin City, in now Edo state,” he was reported
to have said in the document.
“That I passed the
said examinations and was subsequently issued the said certificate therefore.
That the original of the said certificate issued to me is now missing, lost and
cannot be found.
“That I make this oath for the records and do so knowing and
believing the same to be true and in accordance with the Oaths Law of the
Bendel State as applicable to Delta state.”
KABIRU MASARI
Masari, the placeholder for the VP slot of the APC,
reportedy said he lost his Katsina teachers college and primary school
certificates while in transit in Abuja.
“That sometime in January 2021, while in transit within Wuse
Area, FCT, Abuja, I discovered that my original Certificate of Occupancy of
plot NoKT 17522, GRA Katsina Estate; Certificate of Kaduna State Development
Centre from 1994-95; Grade 11 Certificate from Katsina Teachers College from
1979-83 and First Leaving School Leaving School Certificate issued by Masari
Primary School Katsina State from 1972-78 got lost,” he was reported to have
said.
“That all efforts made to trace the documents proved
abortive hence this affidavit. That this affidavit is required for record
purpose and for all authorities and persons concerned to take note.”
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