The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted the claims by the opposition that he didn’t have secondary school education.
Speaking in Kano on Wednesday, Buhari said the claims being made by the opposition was borne out of mischief, adding that campaigns should focus on issues and not personal attacks.
It would be recalled that the whole controversy over Buhari’s education started when he failed to present his academic certificates to INEC. The presidential candidate on Wednesday, however, said he sat for the Cambridge University/WASCE in 1961 and graduated in Second Division.
“I attended Provincial Secondary School, Kaduna, now Government College, Kaduna, and sat the University of Cambridge/WASCE in 1961, the year we graduated, alongside (now the late) Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (Chief of General Staff under Gen Olusegun Obasanjo as Head of State) and Justice Umar Abdullahi, a former President of Court of Appeal. My examination number is 8202220,” Buhari said.
“I attended Provincial Secondary School, Kaduna, now Government College, Kaduna, and sat the University of Cambridge/WASCE in 1961, the year we graduated, alongside (now the late) Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (Chief of General Staff under Gen Olusegun Obasanjo as Head of State) and Justice Umar Abdullahi, a former President of Court of Appeal. My examination number is 8202220,” Buhari said.
He also stated that he has made a formal request to his old school, Government College, Kaduna, to make available his result. Accusing the PDP-led federal government of using every weapon at its disposal to try to remain in power, Buhari said the controversy over his education status was as a result of his pledge to tackle unemployment, insecurity and corruption, if elected.
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