The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to tender his West African School Certificate, WASC, to the presidential election petitions tribunal and stop deceiving Nigerians with defective reasoning.
The PDP’s comment is in reaction to a series of tweets by Festus Keyamo, official spokesman for the Buhari campaign organisation on Monday, that having a WAEC certificate was not a requirement for the office of governor or president.
In a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP maintained that President Buhari should tender the WAEC certificate he claimed to have to the presidential election petition tribunal instead of allowing his aide to insult Nigerians with lame attempt at diversionary tactics.
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The statement read in part: “It is completely unacceptable for President Buhari to swear to an affidavit to claim the educational qualification he does not possess.
”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, maintains 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 aide.”
