Only idle people discuss Buhari’s certificate saga – Nigerian presidency

The presidency has waved aside the new controversy over the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his academic credentials are in custody of the Nigerian Army.

Mr Buhari made the claim in an affidavit he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 presidential election.

The submission drew furious reactions among his critics, as it did in 2015 when he had also made the same claim.

But his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said those speaking about it are idle as the issue has been laid to rest already.

“The certificate saga is a dead issue, only idle people will consider it,” the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President said when contacted by The Nation on Saturday.

“It is something that had been laid to rest before the 2015 general elections,” he added.