My Certificates Have Been Consumed By Fire, Vice President Sambo Tells INEC
Category: Nigerian National News
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Vice President Mohammed Namadi
Sambo has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his
Bachelors and Masters degrees certificates in Architecture from the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have been consumed by fire.
Source: The Punch
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Vice President Mohammed Namadi
Sambo has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his
Bachelors and Masters degrees certificates in Architecture from the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have been consumed by fire.
Sambo,
who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
made the declaration in the documents he filed with INEC and displayed
on the commission’s office in Abuja although the details of the fire
that consumed the certificates were not given.
Sambo’s papers were received and stamped in INEC headquarters between December 10 and 18, 2014.
The VP’s declaration was validated by two letters from the ABU, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH on Sunday.
The
first letter, signed by one Alhassan Garba for the institution’s
registrar under the title, “To Whom it may
Concern: Mohammed Namani
Sambo,” read, “I certify that the above-named person having completed an
approved course of study and passed the prescribed examinations was
awarded the Bachelor of Science (Architecture) with Second Class Honours
(Lower Division) in 1976 by the Senate of this University. His original
certificate got burnt. Please treat his case in view of this
certification. Thank you.”
The second letter, also signed by
Garba for the ABU registrar, read, “I certify that the above-named
person having completed an approved course of study and passed the
prescribed examinations was awarded the Master of Science (Architecture)
on May 25, 1978 by the Senate of this University. His original
certificate got burnt. Please treat his case in view of this
certification. Thank you.”
Meanwhile, indications have emerged that only 13 political parties would field presidential candidates in the 2015 elections.
The
parties and their candidates are the People Democratic Party, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan; the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.); Action Alliance, Tunde Anifowose-Kelani; Kowa Party,
Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya; United Progressives Party; Chief Chekwas Okorie;
and National Conscience Party, Chief Martin Onovo.
Others are
African Democratic Congress, Dr. Ibrahim Nani; United Democratic Party,
Godson Okoye; Alliance for Democracy, Rafiu Salau; Peoples Party of
Nigeria, Kelvin Alagoa; Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Alhaji Ganiyu
Oseni; African Peoples Alliance, Alhaji Adebayo Ayeni; and Hope
Democratic Party, Ambrose Owuru.
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