Rtd Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Party (APC) presidential candidate, had fulfilled the constitutional requirements to contest for the office of President. The logic of Section 131(d) of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution focused not on certificates but on educational level “All that the constitution plainly requires in section 131(d) is a show that he has been educated up to the school certificate level or its equivalent, not any particular certificate. “A certificate where available may well prove the education level of the citizen desirous of becoming president, but without it, he can still meet the educational qualification by other modes of proof. “Buhari’s written profile, with or without the presentation of any certificates, supported by his deposition, puts it beyond doubt that he has been educated beyond School Certificate Level or its equivalent,’’ It is constitutionally “trivial and definitely unwarranted’’ for anybody to insist that Buhari must produce his certificates. The argument by some lawyers that Buhari must produce his School Certificate was based on ignorance of the provisions of the law. By EdidiongInyang(esq)
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:55:25 +0000
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