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By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – Head, Media and Publicity of the Buhari Support Organization, BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe last night debunked the insinuations in most quarters of the society that the academic records of his principal and presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, General Mohammdu Buhari was in doubt.
Speaking with Vanguard, Maduekwue said it was a well orchestrated strategy by Buhari’s detractors to sway the minds of the public against him, assuring that they would not succeed.
According to him, the opponents, he said were afraid of Buhari’s candidacy hence the smeared campaign against him.
He wondered how a former military Head of State and three times Presidential candidate in previous elections would suddenly be found wanting in his academic qualifications.
“There should be no iota of doubt about General Mohammadu Buhari’s qualification. The records are there. He was not just a school prefect but a Head Boy. In the ages past, you can not enter the military school if there is any questionable mark about your school certificate or WAEC result as it were.
“So, that is clear. Your entry must be on acceptable pass mark before going to the military academy. Of course, the records are there both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria for anybody to cross check. We thank God we now live in the age of online.
“You can google everything. I mean, he couldn’t have run the presidential election for three times…and each time his documentation must be assessed by INEC. But now is the first time they are coming up with that.
So where in the world is Buhari's certificates?You can google everything?..
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S/N | Political Party | Presidential Candidate | Vice-Presidential Candidate | Candidates in 2011 |
1 | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | President Goodluck Jonathan (incumbent) | VP Namadi Sambo (incumbent) | Goodluck Jonathan; Namadi Sambo (incumbents) |
2 | All Progressives Congress (APC) | General Muhammadu Buhari | Prof. Yemi Osinbajo | None; new party formed from CPC (Candidate: General Muhammadu Buhari), ACN and ANPP, and part-APGA |
3 | Kowa Party (KP) | Prof. Comfort Oluremi Sonaiya (F) | Saidu Bobboi | None |
4 | Hope Democratic Party (HDP) | Ambrose Albert Owuru | Haruna Shaba | Chief Ambrose Owuru; Ibrahim Danjuma Abdullahi |
5 | Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) | Ganiyu Galadima | Balarabe Ahmed | None |
6 | Alliance for Democracy (AD) | Rafiu Salau | Prof. Clinton Cliff Akuchie | None |
7 | United Democratic Party (UDP) | Godson Okoye | Haruna Adamu | None |
8 | African Democratic Congress (ADC) | Dr. Nani Ibrahim Ahmad | Obianuju Murphy-Uzohue (F) | Rev. Peter Uchenna Nwangwu: Nani Ibrahim Ahmad |
9 | National Conscience Party (NCP) | Martin Onovo | Ibrahim Mohammed | Dele Momodu; Yinusa Tanko |
10 | Action Alliance (AA) | Tunde Anifowoshe-Kelani | Comrade Paul Ishaka Ofomile | None |
11 | United Progressive Party (UPP) | Chekwas Okorie | Bello Umar | None |
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But my brother Wilson, this man has been judged to be fit to contest on three other previous occasions. I honestly believe that this latest action by INEC is unwise and unnecessary.
OJ
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My brother Wilson,
Happy New Year in advance, compliment of the season.
OJ
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Dear Prof Aluko:Happy New Year! I trust you had a Merry Christmas.I'm a bit puzzled at the (partisan?) rationalizations folks (including you) are making regarding General Buhari's non-compliance with INEC requirements for candidates for elective office to submit their certificates. Please reflect on and/or consider the following tit-bits:1) In the 1960s when a certain cadet and two of his Northern Nigerian compatriots flunked their promotion exams at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria and were withdrawn from the school, the then Defense Minister, Alhaji Ribadu ordered the British Commandant to reinstate those cadets. The Commandant refused, and an incensed Minister Ribadu ordered the Commandant to leave Nigeria within 48 hours, and he did. The cadets were reinstated and went on to become Major-Generals and coup-plotters and destroyers of Nigerian fledgling democracy.2) It is not true that cadets had to pass the GCE/WAEC to be admitted into foreign military academies--at least not for cadets from certain parts of the country in the 1960s, any way. There were very many that went on to become commissioned officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces who never had more than G-4 (Government Class Four) testimonial from their school Principals.3) It is also not true, either, that all military officers who "passed through" local military academies in Nigeria must have passed their School Certificate before their admission. Here's why:(a) Quite a number of serving officers today do not have their degrees from the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna because they either never completed the required course work or did not have the requisite entry qualifications in the first place, contrary to the admissions criteria. NDA became a degree-awarding tertiary institution in 1985.(b)Participants (students) who must be army Colonels or equivalent ranks in the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy who pass their 48-month Strategic Studies Course at the National Defense College, Abuja at C+ or better grades (very rarely do they award B, let alone A grades) are selected to go on to the University of Ibadan for a six-months top-up course for the Master's degree in Strategic Studies. In 2013, the University of Ibadan rejected a number of these Participants/students because they did not have their School Certificate (particularly a credit pass in English) to the embarrassment of the military authorities in Abuja!4) In July 2014, the son of a former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) in Nigeria was shipped back to Nigeria from Pakistan's National Defense Academy with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. He was in the third year of a four-year degree and commissioning course, but his hosts had had enough of his unruly behavior and they didn't want to jeopardize relations with their Nigerian counterparts by withdrawing him empty-handed (At NDA, Kaduna, you don't even get a transcript if you're withdrawn a week before graduation and commissioning!). Meanwhile, the lad's course mates were still Third-Termers (3rd Year cadets) at the Nigerian Defense Academy--and the brat insisted they must salute him because he's now an officer!. I'm not sure what became of him, but since he's already a COMMISSIONED officer, he's probably going to stay and possibly become a Rear Admiral (equv. Major-General) years from now.From the foregoing, you can understand why I'm of the opinion that we should not sweep the issue of Maj-Gen Buhari's certificates under the rug. The fact that he has run for president on three previous occasions is irrelevant. What if no one at those times bothered to check his academic qualifications? Besides, it's ridiculous to argue that Military Board has his certificates. My guess is that even if they have the certificates, it would NOT be the originals. The onus is on Candidate Buhari and his supporters to put this matter to rest once and for all. Otherwise, it will stick harder than his Islamist and "indiscipline and corruption" public image.Peace as always!Okey
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If ones memory serves one right, I remember that a certain university in the Lagos area recently published its intent to "withdraw" academic certificates of some of its alumni. And a certain VC in a follow-up online discussion perhaps jokingly "threatened" to cause the "withdrawal" of some other persons certificate hereabouts. Could it be that some of these political candidates may have had their certificates "withdrawn" at some point? Or is it that these certificates never existed? Just curious.
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Dear Prof Aluko:Happy New Year! I trust you had a Merry Christmas.I'm a bit puzzled at the (partisan?) rationalizations folks (including you) are making regarding General Buhari's non-compliance with INEC requirements for candidates for elective office to submit their certificates. Please reflect on and/or consider the following tit-bits:1) In the 1960s when a certain cadet and two of his Northern Nigerian compatriots flunked their promotion exams at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria and were withdrawn from the school, the then Defense Minister, Alhaji Ribadu ordered the British Commandant to reinstate those cadets. The Commandant refused, and an incensed Minister Ribadu ordered the Commandant to leave Nigeria within 48 hours, and he did. The cadets were reinstated and went on to become Major-Generals and coup-plotters and destroyers of Nigerian fledgling democracy.2) It is not true that cadets had to pass the GCE/WAEC to be admitted into foreign military academies--at least not for cadets from certain parts of the country in the 1960s, any way. There were very many that went on to become commissioned officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces who never had more than G-4 (Government Class Four) testimonial from their school Principals.3) It is also not true, either, that all military officers who "passed through" local military academies in Nigeria must have passed their School Certificate before their admission. Here's why:(a) Quite a number of serving officers today do not have their degrees from the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna because they either never completed the required course work or did not have the requisite entry qualifications in the first place, contrary to the admissions criteria. NDA became a degree-awarding tertiary institution in 1985.(b)Participants (students) who must be army Colonels or equivalent ranks in the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy who pass their 48-month Strategic Studies Course at the National Defense College, Abuja at C+ or better grades (very rarely do they award B, let alone A grades) are selected to go on to the University of Ibadan for a six-months top-up course for the Master's degree in Strategic Studies. In 2013, the University of Ibadan rejected a number of these Participants/students because they did not have their School Certificate (particularly a credit pass in English) to the embarrassment of the military authorities in Abuja!4) In July 2014, the son of a former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) in Nigeria was shipped back to Nigeria from Pakistan's National Defense Academy with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. He was in the third year of a four-year degree and commissioning course, but his hosts had had enough of his unruly behavior and they didn't want to jeopardize relations with their Nigerian counterparts by withdrawing him empty-handed (At NDA, Kaduna, you don't even get a transcript if you're withdrawn a week before graduation and commissioning!). Meanwhile, the lad's course mates were still Third-Termers (3rd Year cadets) at the Nigerian Defense Academy--and the brat insisted they must salute him because he's now an officer!. I'm not sure what became of him, but since he's already a COMMISSIONED officer, he's probably going to stay and possibly become a Rear Admiral (equv. Major-General) years from now.From the foregoing, you can understand why I'm of the opinion that we should not sweep the issue of Maj-Gen Buhari's certificates under the rug. The fact that he has run for president on three previous occasions is irrelevant. What if no one at those times bothered to check his academic qualifications? Besides, it's ridiculous to argue that Military Board has his certificates. My guess is that even if they have the certificates, it would NOT be the originals. The onus is on Candidate Buhari and his supporters to put this matter to rest once and for all. Otherwise, it will stick harder than his Islamist and "indiscipline and corruption" public image.Peace as always!Okey
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General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been ranked among the top 25 war generals by the famous U.S. Army War College Alumni.
Buhari is number six on the list. Others are: Generals Colin Powell, a former chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and one time U.S. President; Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff at Allied Headquarters; James Peake, a former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 40th Surgeon General of the country and Buhari, in that order.
Born in 1942 in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari was trained at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, England and the U.S. War College which did the ranking.
One of the criteria for inclusion on the honours list, according to ranker.com is the people must “have gone to U.S. Army War College and be of some renown.”
This list is currently trending in the social media to counter the allegation that Buhari did not have any certificate and that he never passed his military examinations.
Others on the list are: John J. Pershing who led America’s Expeditionary Froces in World War I; Mark W. Clark who, in World War II, Commanded the Allied Fifth Army and Norman Schwarzkopf, who led the coalision forces in the Persian Gulf War.
Also included are Omar Bradley Anthony, Mc Auhffey, Walter Krugger, Lyman Lemnitzer, Richard Myers, Charles T. Menoher, Dean Johnson, Dwayne Alons, John Pappageorge, Walter Shorf and Hubert R. Harmon.
Jack Keane, Floyd Lavinius Parks, St. Clair Streeth, Scott Perry, Frank Corte Jr are also on the list.
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Joe:There is no point bringing up my university here. The analogy is inappropriate.If I don't respond to you here, you will think that you have scored a bull's eye. If I respond, there will be more openings.So I move on.....INEC has the credentials in question from 2011. All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate veriifcations.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
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Prof AlukoIs that what applies in your Uni?The students who passed JAMB but were unsuccessful in your post JAMB test when reapplying simply tell your admissions dept that their school certificates 'are on file'?Joe
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The panel beating of a religious fanatic. Show me the money! One cannot show what he does not have. Just show it and shame the Boko Haram
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