Election Tribunal: Buhari Must Tender His WAEC Certificate, PDP Insists

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted that President
Muhammadu Buhari should tender his West African Examination
Certificate, which he claimed he has, to the Presidential Election
Petition Tribunal instead of allowing his campaign spokesperson,
Festus Keyamo, “to insult the sensibility of Nigerians with a lame
attempt at diversionary tactics.”

According to a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National
Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Monday, the party also wants
Nigerians to note that in claiming that an aspirant does not need
WAEC certificate, but the ability to speak English, to contest for
the office of the President, the Buhari Presidency, through Keyamo,
has finally admitted that President Buhari does not have a WAEC
certificate as he claimed in his INEC form.

The PDP said it is completely inexcusable for President Buhari
to swear to an affidavit to claim an educational qualification he
does not possess.

The statement added: “An attempt to deceive the public using a
defective reading and skewed interpretation of a section of the
constitution cannot exonerate President Buhari.

“Moreover, Section 295 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is
very clear on issues of interpretations and reference to questions
of law. “

The PDP, therefore, maintained that the onus is on President
Buhari, as ‘Mr. Integrity’ to tender the certificate he claims to
possess before the tribunal instead of this lame diversion from
Presidential aides.