The All Sort After Result: Katsina College Releases Buhari’s WASC Results
Government College, formerly Provincial
Secondary School, Katsina, which Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential candidate, graduated from in 1961, has released Mr.
Buhari’s secondary school certificate examination results.
The results, obtained exclusively by
PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday, confirm Mr. Buhari’s claim that he undertook the
University of Cambridge West African School Certificate Examinations and
obtained five credits in English Language, Geography, Hausa Language, History,
and Health Science.
PREMIUM TIMES obtained the computer
printout from Cambridge University as well as a statement of result, signed by
the current principal of Katsina College, dated January 21, 2015.
The results show that Mr. Buhari, a
former military head of state, failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a
pass in Literature in English.
The examination centre number was 8280,
while Mr. Buhari’s candidate number was 002.
The statement of results is printed on
the letter head paper of the Katsina State Ministry of Education, and it shows
that the examination took place in 1961.
The Cambridge print out also shows the
result of 17 other candidates at the centre, including Shehu Yar’adua, a former
Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters.
Controversy over Mr. Buhari’s result
escalated Tuesday after the Nigerian Army, which had earlier admitted to having
copies of his certificate, reversed itself, saying it could not even attest to
the details listed in his records.
The spokesperson of the Army, Olajide
Laleye, said “Neither the original copy, certified true copy (CTC) nor
statement of result of Major-.Gen. Mohammadu Buhari‘s WASC result is in his
personal file.”
He said while it is
the practice in the Nigerian Army that before candidates are shortlisted for
commissioning into the officers’ cadre of the service, the selection board
verifies the original copies of credentials as presented, “There is no
available record to show that this process was followed in the 1960s.”
Buhari's class photo in 1960. He's seated third
from right.
The military’s comments came after the
retired general had said that his lost copies of results were with the Army, an
explanation he gave ahead of elections February 14.
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