Find below the press statement released by The APC Presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari...
Good Morning , Gentlemen of the Press.
I only consented to address you this morning
because of the genuine concern expressed by
many supporters and other well-meaning
Nigerians that the issue be addressed. Otherwise,
I would have dismissed it for what it is—sheer
mischief and would not have considered it an
issue worth the nation’s while.
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.
However, before we obtain that, let me say for the
record that I attended Provincial Secondary
School, Katsina. I graduated in 1961 with many
prominent Nigerians, including General Shehu
Yar’adua, former chief of staff at the Supreme
Headquarters, and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, a
former President of the Court of Appeal. We sat
for the University of Cambridge/WASC
Examination together in 1961, the year we
graduated. My examination number was 8280002,
and I passed the examination in the Second
Division.
And although the ruling party may want to wish
this away, the issue in this campaign cannot be
my certificate which I obtained 53 years ago. The
issues are the scandalous level of unemployment
of millions of our young people, the state of
insecurity, the pervasive official corruption which
has impoverished our people and the lack of
concern of the government for anything other than
the retention of power at all costs.
Thank you very much.
General Muhammadu Buhari
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