The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, on Tuesday declared that the “fretting and jittering in the Presidency”
whenever the issue of President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic certificate was
mentioned was an indication that “Mr. President is morally burdened and
ostensibly has something to hide.”
PDP made the remark while
responding to a statement credited to the Presidency alleging that those
raising the certificate issue are sowing seeds of discord.
The opposition party stated that
Buhari’s handlers should “do the needful by placing the certificate in public
domain instead of confronting and threatening Nigerians for demanding that Mr.
President shows his certificate.”
In a statement by its
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party said, “The Buhari
Presidency should know that their threats and confrontation cannot take away
the fact that their principal’s certificate issue requires a personal
responsibility and Mr. President cannot wish away this responsibility as he had
always done on official matters.
“If Mr. President has nothing to
hide, he should end the confrontations by his presidency and show integrity by
writing the military authorities to make public the said certificate.
“In failing to do so, Mr.
President is opening himself to public opprobrium particularly as millions of
Nigerian youths see such as grossly undesirable of a leader, expected to set
examples.
“Moreover, President Buhari
should know that Nigerians are aware that he is not the only retired military
officer to aspire for elective office in the country and none of them brought
the claims of their certificates being held by the military.
“We, therefore, hold that Mr.
President must show Nigerians his claimed school certificate upon which his
nomination as a candidate is based. If he does not have this credential, he
should make such declaration and stop the nebulous claim that his credentials
are with the military.”
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