President
Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) to clear his
name of charges of alleged certificate forgery and lying on oath.
Jonathan,
in a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public
Affair Doyin Okupe, said Buhari must stop taking Nigerians for granted
and show some leadership qualities by taking personal responsibility for
clearing his name of the charges.
He
said a man could not carry an "undischarged baggage" of alleged
certificate forgery and willful perjury and still shout change at
political rallies.
Okupe
said it was inconceivable that instead of debunking the allegations of
forgery and perjury against him, Buhari was rather passing the buck to
other persons or organisations.
He
said this did not show any potential of responsible leadership on the
part of those wanting to lead Nigeria to shun accountability on their
personal credentials.
According to the presidential aide, this tends to suggest that the APC change slogan is cosmetic.
He
said Buhari and the APC mouthing corruption everywhere should clear the
air on this matter or forever bury their heads in shame.
He
said: "We consider this as a un-statesmanlike assault on the
intelligence of Nigerians and it represents the greatest challenge
between Gen. Buhari and the office he seeks to occupy. It will be
recalled that Buhari has, in the last few weeks, domiciled the custody
of his secondary school certificate in three different quarters namely
the military board, his former secondary school and now the Independent
National Electoral Commission.
"Unfortunately
for the APC candidate, the examination body, WAEC, which has the final
say on this issue, has also recently declared that it doesn't have any
records of Buhari’s secondary school certificate just as the military
authorities did.”
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