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WAEC, Cambridge-Only Buhari can request for authentication of controversial WAEC Certificate, if any

WAEC, Cambridge-Only Buhari can request for authentication of controversial WAEC Certificate, if any New York[RR]Abuja–West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the University of Cambridge London, United Kingdom,UK, said that only the purported candidate Mohammadu (Mohammed) Buhari can request for authentication of now controversial WAEC Certificate from its archives, Republic Reporters has learned. The University of […]

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WAEC, Cambridge-Only Buhari can request for authentication of controversial WAEC Certificate, if any

New York[RR]Abuja–West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the University of Cambridge London, United Kingdom,UK, said that only the purported candidate Mohammadu (Mohammed) Buhari can request for authentication of now controversial WAEC Certificate from its archives, Republic Reporters has learned.

The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, UCLES, now Cambridge Assessment, said only candidates can request result from the university, but recently added further details on the West African School Certificate, WASC, results presented by Mohammed or Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Candidate in the February 14 presidential election.

The university confirmed result grades for the examination in 1961 were issued in numbers, not letters, as suggested by critics of Mr. Buhari who have dismissed the results he presented as fabricated.

According to Cambridge, “Examination results were classed in grades from 1 to 9”. “1, 2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicate a Failure,” the school said. Results tendered by Mr. Buhari shows he had credits in English Literature, and pass, in Literature in English, Geography, Health Science, Hausa Language; failed in Mathematics and Woodwork.

Adding, that, “To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate,” the university said. Republic Reporters gathered that details was triggered by unprecedented firestorm that followed whether Mr. Buhari, ex-dictator and retired Army General, completed his secondary education or not.

Meanwhile, WAEC said hours ago, that The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, can only accept request from purported candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who can practically apply to the examination body for the verification of his results. WAEC added that such authentication can only be forwarded to the institution specified by the candidate’, Vanguard reported.

WAEC Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos, Mr. Yusuf Ari in a telephone conversation with Vanguard Wednesday said, “No individual has the legal right to approach WAEC for the verification of another person’s result except the owner of the result.”

He explained that the constitutional right vested on the Freedom of Information law does not include invasion of privacy adding, “The certificate in question belongs to Muhammadu Buhari and he alone has the right to apply for verification.

“Be that as it may, WAEC cannot take any action except, the owner of the certificate asked us to do so. We are an independent body, therefore, we cannot be partisan on this issue,” he said.

According to Ari, what the ex-dictator needs do apply to WAEC give his name of his school, Examination number and year of the examination and the result will be verified, in this case, 1961.

APC supporters like certain Albert, said:”If only Jonathan’s government was looking for Chibok girls the way PDP looked for Buhari’s certificate, they would have found them in a week! Now that, death wish advert could not fly, the certificate saga could not fly, the PDP is running out of steam as the crowd in their campaign rallies are looking more or less like College of education matriculation ceremonies , the PDP via the NSA is now advocating for the postponement of the elections due to non distribution of PVCs. PVCs could be distributed within 48 hours. Nobody can stop tomorrow from coming.That tomorrow represents change which is constant. GEJ will and shall be the last PDP President of Nigeria..”, he said.

Alhaji Coomasie said they & about 5 prominent Nigerians attended the same school, with Buhari and that Buhari was the head boy.

Curiously, that is not the point here. The point is whether Buhari passed WAEC he entered in his INEC form, under oath, (affidavit).

Leadership reported that, “Coomasie said Buhari was the head boy and loved to play football during their days in school. He mentioned the former PCA Justice Abdullahi; Gen Shehu Musa Yar’Adua; the late Grand Khadi Halilu, and a Second Republic senator Abdul Ali as some of their classmates.

Coomassie said:
“While we were in school, Buhari was the head boy. He loves playing football. We were all close friends in school. After we finished secondary school, General Buhari decided to join the military, I joined the police and Justice Abdullahi decided to go to the university.”

“I, the late Shehu Yar’Adua, the late Halilu, a Grand Khadi in Katsina, Senator Abdul Ali, a Senator in the 2nd Republic and several other attended the same school”
On his part, Justice Abdullahi described Buhari as a brilliant student when they were in school, saying he was Buhari’s classmate from primary to secondary school, saying:

“I, Buhari and some others had the best results during our final examinations in secondary school back then. He was a very brilliant student in school, no doubt; we attended the same school from primary to secondary school…
, he said.

But critics questioned this brilliancy, when reports alleged that Buhari failed English Language and Mathematics, two critical subjects in passing WAEC.

In another twist, An online portal, 247UReports, alleged that ‘the West African Examination Council headquarters in Ghana has disowned General Mohammed Buhari’s claim that he sat for WAEC examination in 1961.

Adding that, the ‘examination body in a letter posted online by 247ureports.com says they cant find evidence that Buhari sat for the exams in their archives.

According to Femi Aribisala, “Buhari has run for the presidency on three earlier occasions. On those occasions, he did not contravene any law with regard to his non-existent certificates because there were no provisions for them. However, with the new Electoral Act, there is now a requirement for proof of credentials. But instead of providing his certificates to INEC, as now required by law, Buhari deposed in an affidavit at a High Court in Abuja that: “All my academic qualifications documents as filled in my presidential form, President APC/001/2015, are currently with the Secretary, Military Board as of the time of presenting this affidavit.”

Adding that, “This affidavit has turned out to be false. The military board says it does not have Buhari’s academic qualification credentials. That means Buhari committed perjury when he swore on oath that the military has them. As a matter of fact, the military board does not even have the photocopies of Buhari’s credentials because he did not submit them when he enrolled into the Nigerian Army.

“Maybe Buhari expected the military to let sleeping dogs lie about this. However, the Nigerian Army released the following statement which quickly gave the lie to Buhari’s affidavit: “It is a practice in the Nigerian Army that before candidates are shortlisted for commissioning into the officers’ cadre of the Service; the Selection Board verifies the original copies of credentials that are presented. However, there is no available record to show that this process was followed in the 1960s. Neither the original copy, Certified True Copy (CTC); nor statement of result of Major General M Buhari’s WASC result, is in his personal file.”

Muhammadu Buhari, APC presidential candidate who is running on integrity and fight against corruption is deep in credibility crisis, and possibly lying under oath. “He perjured himself claiming his school-leaving certificate is with the military. This has now been revealed to be a tissue of lies”, critics said.

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Credit: Vanguard, Cambridge, WAEC, Leadership

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