Move On Nigeria, a civic action group
promoting good governance, democracy and the transformation agenda, has urged
the All Progressives Congress (APC) to quit dodging issues and face squarely
issues concerning the health and certificate of its presidential candidate and
former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
The group said Buhari’s qualification had
always been an issue even within the military circle where his intellectual
ability had always had a question mark.
“Buhari’s qualification will remain an issue
until he comes clean on the matter. If Buhari will be willing to publicly
declare his assets as he said he would, he should also be willing to publicly
show his acclaimed certificate.
“So far, every independent inquiry with
regards to Buhari’s qualification has returned negative, the onus now is on
Buhari to ensure that he collects his original secondary certificate from
University of Cambridge in United Kingdom before returning to Nigeria during
his London trip in order to put rest to the controversy surrounding his
academic qualification. Any cab in London can take him to Cambridge.”
The group which accused the APC of lying and
deceiving Nigerians about Buhari’s health and qualification, urged the party’s
leadership and Buhari’s new mentor, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,
to prevail on their candidate to collect his result from Cambridge before
returning back to the country, insisting that Buhari did not possess secondary
school certificate as he claimed in Form CF001 submitted to Independent
national Electoral Commission (INEC).
Move on Nigeria, according to it, took the
pain to make enquiries from WAEC office in Nigeria and the West Africa Regional
Office, Accra, Ghana, where the authorities said with finality they have no
information on the candidate.
Speaking through a signed statement which was
made available to journalists in Lagos yesterday, the National Coordinator of
the group, Mr. Clem Aguiyi, maintained that if Buhari failed to collect his
controversial result from the University of Cambridge this time around, and a
clean bill of health supporting he is fit to withstand the rigours of office if
elected, he should voluntarily withdraw from the the race, urging Buhari to use
the opportunity to shame his critics over the controversial school certificate
by collecting it from University of Cambridge.
Aguiyi said: “We strongly believe Buhari does
not possess school certificate as he claimed and may have risen to the rank of
General in the army using the same deception but we want Nigerians to give him
the benefit of the doubt by bringing the result from University of Cambridge
that claimed to conduct the said examination during his London trip and the
result must tally with the earlier Statement of Result released through online
medium by the Provincial Secondary School in Katsina State.
“It is high time Buhari cleared the air and
lay the controversy surrounding his school certificate to rest before it is too
late. Nigerians are graciously waiting to see Buhari’s original result of 1962
and we want to tell Nigerians that the APC candidate was enlisted into the
Nigeria Army on the basis of Principal’s recommendation letter not basis of
Secondary School Certificate.
“Also, failure of Buhari to bring the result
during this trip, it means, his acclaimed integrity is not complete and he
should hide his face behind a rock as we know that integrity begins with
personal matters before graduating into ultimately public matters,” Aguiyi
said.
The group, which expressed deep concern about
Buhari’s rumoured ill health, urged the North to wise up saying the North is
again being taken for a ride. We insist it is in the best interest of the North
to allow President Goodluck Jonathan complete the eight-year tenure for the
South-south while the north takes its turn by 2019 when it would provide a
sound, healthier and younger Northerner who will be less a divisive character
and generally acceptable than Buhari whose antecedent and competence is nothing
to cheer.”
Source:- Sun News
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