General Muhammadu Buharis Certificate Gate: As long as he (Buhari) cannot produce that secondary school certificate, we believe that he is not qualified to run for the Presidency of Nigeria. This is a matter of law and not sentiment. Buhari, just like any other Nigerian, must be compelled to abide by the law and he must prove his eligibility for the Presidential election by simply producing his secondary school certificate. Had INEC not complied with the Electoral Act this year, which requires that they paste the academic credentials of all the Presidential candidates, Nigerians would have remained ignorant of the fact that Buhari has probably been submitting affidavits for the past elections. The fact that he got away with it in 2003, 2007 and 2011 does not make it right. The minimum that Nigerians require from Buhari is the presentation of his secondary school certificate which enabled him to gain admission into the Nigerian Military College in 1962 and on which basis he became a commissioned officer of the Nigerian Army. ~Femi Fani Kayode, PDP Presidential Campaign spokesman thisdaylive/articles/pdp-still-unrelenting-on-buharis-certificate-controversy/199595/ #MyTake For all I know, Buhari is not yet one of the candidates qualified to stand for the 2015 Presidential election, no matter how some ignoramuses and subjectivists see it. He will remain unqualified until and unless he satisfies all the requirements of section 131 of the 1999 Constitution. Worthy of note in this discourse is section 131(d) of the Constitution, which provides thus: A person shall be qualified for election to the office of President if- (d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent. How do we know that Buhari has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent, as required by the Nigerian grundnorm, the Constitution? That could only have been by Buharis production of the certificate. The Evidence Act says that he who asserts must prove. If you, however, lay claim to a document and fail to produce it, theres a presumption of law that the document would have spoken against you if you had produced it. Buhari, where is your School Certificate?
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:14:28 +0000
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