More damaging facts have begun to emerge regarding the academic qualifications of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari with the Army stating that they do not keep the certificates of any serving or retired officer or soldier.
It will be recalled that Buhari explained in an affidavit submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that all his academic credentials were with the Military Board
General Buhari in his past attempts at the nation’s top job has never had his academic qualifications brought into reckoning until the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, recently described him as a ‘’semi- illiterate.’’
However, against the backdrop of Buhari’s affidavit in court, a military source said ‘’that the Army can not keep anybody’s original certificate because it is the personal property of the owner,’’ adding that such original certificates were only needed at the point of entry into the service.
According to the source, the Military only kept photocopies of credentials of officers and soldiers in their personal files that were in the military secretary’s office.
“The original certificate of any officer or soldier is only needed at the point of entry into the service either as a cadet officer entering the Nigerian Defence Academy, or the recruitment officers when interviewing recruits to be sent to the depot for training. That is so, because they are needed to verify what were in the photocopies supplied by them or from the necessary examining bodies.”
The source further stated that anybody claiming that his original certificates were with the Military Secretary (Army), had ‘’ulterior motive(s) or something he or she cannot explain.’’
He further added, “Let me tell you now, in the Navy, the Navy Secretary, NAVSEC, keep the documents of all Naval officers and ratings and not their original certificates which are their personal property
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