The Presidency on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari has never been involved in any certificate scandal.
This was part of a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu.
Shehu said Buhari did not fit into the category of prominent
Nigerians that have been involved in certificate mess because he had no
certificate scandal.
He, however, admitted that the issue of certificate was raised
against the President among other allegations ahead of the 2015
presidential election
which he won.
The presidential spokesman noted that the issue of Buhari’s
certificate was raised by those who wanted him disqualified from the
presidential race.
The statement read, “We wish to
emphatically state that President Muhammadu Buhari does not fit into
categorisation of leaders with certificate scandals because he bears
none that is on available records.
“In the course of the contest for the office of the President in
2015, a number of wild, untrue and malicious allegations were made
against him in order to stop him from contesting for
the office in the election.
“The issue of certificates was raised against him but the campaign
successfully dealt with the allegations by providing evidence that not
only was he qualified to run, he had a far higher academic qualification
than is required by the constitution.
“As a result, he went on to run for the office and eventually won.”