PDP: Buhari cannot contest as he has not submitted his school certificate

The People's Democratic Party (PDP), said All Progressives Congress' (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was not qualified to contest the forthcoming presidential election.

The PDP said Buhari's his inability to submit his first School Leaving Certificate to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was enough to disqualify him.

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi-Fani Kayode, who is also the Director of Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja.

He said the inability of Buhari to present the minimum requirement - his first school leaving certificate - questioned his morals and other credentials for pursuing his ambition.

He said the realisation brought to the fore, how and what qualifications were used to recruit the retired General into the military, without the minimum of a school leaving certificate.

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Fani-Kayode added that academic qualification was an issue that could not be waived for any citizen, irrespective of his position and religion except as provided by the constitution.

He said, "It must be stated that INEC erred in law by publishing the name of a candidate without receiving the personal particulars of the candidate within seven days of receiving his nomination forms as indicated in Section 31(3).