Controversial result of a presidential candidate

Surprisingly yesterday to the shock of many Nigerians, the controversial result of presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari,  was made public by the  Government College, Katsina (formerly Provincial Secondary School).

Concerns has however remained as to the reason why the said result was not made available to the military as and when due.

Another question being raised is that why did Buhari not take his time to personally tender his statement of result to the Military High Command.

Probably if the issue of the failure to attach the said result to his application before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was not raised, Nigerians would not have known that the Nigerian military did not have in its record the statement of result of one of its high ranking officer until he retired.

One can conveniently say this is also a major slight of the Nigerian military who claims to be discipline in all ramification. This issue no doubt has raised a lot of dust even amongst political observers.

But in an apparent response to some of these concerns, Buhari posited that he had assumed that copies of his certificate were in his personal file with the Military Board, even as he expressed surprise to hear the Nigerian Army say it is not in its possession.

In the words of Buhari, "I had assumed all along that all my records were in the custody of the Military Secretary of the Nigerian Army. Much to my surprise, we are now told that although a record of the result is available, there are no copies of the certificate in my personal file.

"This is why I formally requested my old school, the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina (which is now known as Government College) to make available the school’s copy of the result of the Cambridge/West African School Certificate. This will be made available to the press the moment this is available.

"I attended Provincial Secondary School, Katsina. I graduated in 1961 with many prominent Nigerians, including Gen   Shehu Yar’Adua, former chief of staff at the Supreme Headquarters, and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, a former President of the Court of Appeal.

"We sat for the University of Cambridge/WASC Examination together in 1961, the year we graduated. My examination number was 8280002, and I passed the examination in the Second Division."