Buhari can order army to produce his certificates if they exist – Atiku

The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have  faulted  President Muhammadu Buhari for saying   his academic certificates   are  with   the Nigerian Army.

Replying  to Buhari’s response to their petition filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal, they said  if it was true that  the certificates   existed, Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces could order the army  to produce  them.

Atiku  said he attached his academic certificates to  the  Form CF001  he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

In a  joint petition filed on March 18,  the former Vice-President and his party urged the tribunal to declare them the authentic winner of the February 23 presidential  election,  insisting   Buhari did not possess the educational qualifications he claimed to have in his INEC Form CF001.

They said  in the reply filed on April 15 by their legal team, led by Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN),  that having not been able to attach  his academic  certificates  to  INEC Form CF001, Buhari had  falsely claimed that his certificates were   in the custody of the Nigerian Army.

– Punch