{"id":9495,"date":"2019-05-02T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2019-05-02T16:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:31:42","slug":"buhari-can-order-army-to-produce-his-certificates-if-they-exist-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-can-order-army-to-produce-his-certificates-if-they-exist-atiku","title":{"rendered":"Buhari can order army to produce his certificates if they exist \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have faulted\u00a0 President Muhammadu Buhari for saying his academic certificates are with the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n

Replying to Buhari\u2019s response to their petition filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal, they said if it was true that the certificates existed, Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces could order the army to produce them.<\/p>\n

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Atiku said he attached his academic certificates to the Form CF001\u00a0 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0 joint petition filed on March 18,\u00a0 the former Vice-President and his party urged the tribunal to declare them the authentic winner of the February 23 presidential election,\u00a0 insisting\u00a0\u00a0 Buhari did not possess the educational qualifications he claimed to have in his INEC Form CF001.<\/p>\n

They said in the reply filed on April 15 by their legal team, led by Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN),\u00a0 that having not been able to attach his academic certificates to\u00a0 INEC Form CF001, Buhari had falsely claimed that his certificates were in the custody of the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n

The joint reply filed by Atiku and\u00a0 the PDP\u00a0 read in part, \u201cIn further response to paragraph 381(iv) of the\u00a0 2nd respondent\u2019s reply, aver that the petitioners have no knowledge of any certificates or alleged qualifications issued to the 2nd respondent (Buhari), but contend that 2nd respondent falsely represented that his certificates\u00a0 are\u00a0\u00a0 in the custody of the Nigerian Army when the 2nd respondent by his own admission is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn further response to paragraph 381(iv) of the 2nd respondent\u2019s reply, the petitioners aver that the 2nd respondent as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria could easily order the Army Secretary to produce the certificates allegedly submitted if they actually exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cContrary to paragraph 381(i-iv) of the 2nd respondent\u2019s reply, the petitioners aver that the 2nd respondent does not possess the educational qualification he claimed to have in his INEC Form CF001 submitted to the 1st respondent (INEC) having not been attached as required.\u201d<\/p>\n

The petitioners also stated that \u201cthe purported training and courses\u201d, which Buhari claimed placed him \u201chead and shoulders above\u201d Atiku regarding educational qualifications to contest the presidential election, \u201cdid not culminate in the issuance of any certificates he claimed in his\u00a0 INEC Form CF001\u201d.<\/p>\n

They also described Buhari\u2019s claim of being head and shoulders above Atiku as \u201cerroneous\u201d.<\/p>\n

Responding to Buhari\u2019s allegation that Atiku didn\u2019t have the statutory educational qualifications to contest the polls, the petitioners stated that the ex-VP attached his educational qualifications to his Form CF001 submitted to INEC.<\/p>\n

Insisting\u00a0\u00a0 Atiku was qualified to contest election for the office, the petitioners stated that Buhari was unable to present any certificates because he did not possess any \u201cas he falsely claimed\u201d.<\/p>\n

They stated, \u201cIn reply to\u00a0 paragraph 383 of the 2nd respondent\u2019s reply, the petitioners aver that the 1st petitioner (Atiku) is eminently qualified to contest election\u00a0 to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,\u00a0 and had indeed attached evidence of his educational qualifications to his INEC Form CF001 submitted to the 1st respondent, unlike the 2nd respondent (Buhari) who did not attach evidence of the qualifications he claimed in his INEC Form CF001 because he does not possess them as he falsely claimed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have faulted\u00a0 President Muhammadu Buhari for saying his academic certificates are with the Nigerian Army. 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