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2019: ‘Stop pretending, you ‘ve no certificate, PDP mocks Buhari, Says purported WAEC attestation cert, another ‘Martin Luther fake award ‘

2019: ‘Stop pretending, you ‘ve no certificate,’ PDP mocks Buhari

. Says purported WAEC attestation, another Martin Luther award

By Steve Oko

As reactions trail the purported presentation of attestation certificate to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West African Examination Council, WAEC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has mocked the President, insisting that “he has no School Cert”.

PDP told Buhari to stop pretending and own up to the truth and stop insulting the sensibility of Nigerians.

The President’s Spokesman, Femi Adesina had through his twitter handle, Friday, announced Buhari’s receipt of a certificate of attestation from WAEC.

WAEC Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae had posed in the picture with Buhari after allegedly presenting the President the attestation certificate at the State House.

Adesina, via his verified Twitter Handle @FemAdesina wrote: “WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of results to President Buhari. What will the naysayers do next?” A photograph of a smiling President Buhari, alongside Adamu Adamu, Education Minister, Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF and an unidentified aide accompanied the tweet.

But in a swift reaction, PDP ‘s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan described the development as a tragicomedy.

He said PDP never expected “Mr. President to dramatically come this low because you cannot have a certificate and be calling it an attestation.”

The PDP Spokesman said the purported attestation certificate presented to Buhari ” is another Martin Luther award that was later found out to be fake.

Continuing, he said:

“What are they attesting to? We stand by our position that Mr. President has no school certificate. It’s simply a political certificate.

“We have said that President Buhari and his handlers are always fretting at the mention of a certificate. They want to mislead Nigerians to say that Mr. President has a school certificate.

“If Mr. President has a certificate, why did he not use it in 2015 election? Why is the certificate suddenly emerging few months to the election?

“Have you checked the photograph that was attached to the certificate? In 1961, was it the requirement of WAEC to have a passport attached to school certificate?

“Even in our own time, was there a condition in WAEC that you must submit your passport to be attached to your certificate?