Army denies being with Buhari’s original certificates

The Nigerian military Board has denied being in possession of the original credentials of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, retd. 

Problems ensued recently when the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, labeled him as a ''semi- illiterate" telling him to present his credentials. 

The former military general had explained in an affidavit submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that all his academic credentials were with the military board. 

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.

The source told Vanguard that 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." 

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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