GOVERNMENT College, Katsina, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, from where Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, graduated in 1961, has released his Secondary School Certificate Examination results.
The results, released to PREMIUM TIMES, an online newspaper, on Wednesday, confirmed 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.
The statement of result was signed by the current principal of Katsina College and dated January 21, 2015.
The results showed that Buhari, failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature in English.
The examination centre number was 8280, while Buhari’s candidate number was 002.
The statement of results was printed on the letterhead paper of the Katsina State Ministry of Education and it showed that the examination took place in 1961.
The Cambridge print out also showed the result of 17 other candidates at the centre, including Shehu Yar’Adua, a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters.
Controversy over Buhari’s result escalated on Tuesday, after the Nigerian Army said it did not have Buhari’s credentials in his file.
Spokesperson of the Army, Olajide Laleye, said “neither the original copy, certified true copy (CTC) nor statement of result of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari‘s WASC result is in his personal file.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Buhari had, at a news conference in Kano, said he would produce the certificate.
He said he attended the former Provisional Secondary School, Katsina, now Government College, Katsina.
“All my records were in the custody of the Secretary, Nigerian Army, a position I was privileged to occupy myself.
“But since I am now told that although a record of the result is available, but there is no copy of the certificate in my personal file, I have formally requested my old school to make available the school copy of the result,” he said.
According to him, “I have formally applied for the issuance of my Cambridge West African School Certificate from the Provisional Secondary School, now Government College, Katsina,” adding that he graduated from the school in 1961 with other prominent Nigerians, including late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, former President, Federal Court of Appeal.
“As soon as the result is ready, it will be distributed to newsmen for their verification.
“My examination number is 8200002 and I passed the examination with second division,” he said.
He described the allegation that he did not attend a secondary school and had no certificate that qualified him for the presidential contest as “baseless,” saying that it was intended to discredit him.
