The Nigerian Army has just revealed that it does not have copies or originals of General Muhammadu Buhari’s certificates as claimed in an affidavit he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Director, Army Public Relations, Brig, Gen O. Laleye who made this known Tuesday in Abuja while addressing the press said the General applied to join the military as a Form Six student of the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina on 18 Oct 61on the recommendation of his school principal.

He said: “His application was duly endorsed by the Principal of the school, who also wrote a report on him and recommended him to be suitable for military commission.

“It is a practice in the NA that before candidates are shortlisted for commissioning into the officers’ cadre of the Service, the Selection Board verifies the original copies of credentials that are presented. “However, there is no available record to show that this process was followed in the 1960s.

“Nevertheless, the entry made on the NA Form 199A at the point of documentation after commission as an officer indicated that the former Head of State obtained the West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961 with credits in relevant subjects: English Language, Geography, History, Health Science, Hausa and a pass in English Literature.

“Neither the original copy, Certified True Copy (CTC) nor statement of result of Major General M Buhari’s WASC result is in his personal file.”

Full text of the of Brig, Gen O. Laleye speech 

Credit: The Nigerian Times