Kyari says he collected Buhari’s certificate as President opens defence at Election Tribunal

Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on Tuesday told the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that he collected the certificates of President Muhammadu Buhari from Cambridge.

Kyari had appeared as the third witness when President Muhammadu Buhari opened his defence against the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the Tribunal.

While being cross-examined by the counsel to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lateef Fagbemi, Kyari said he had been the Chief of Staff to the President since August 27, 2015, adding that all his communication with President Buhari had been in English Language.

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Kyari added that he had known President Buhari for over 40 years, stressing that he would be able to identify him in photographs when he was younger.

The chief of staff also said he signed for President Buhari and collected the documents for the assessment by Cambridge.

He did not say if he traveled to London to obtain the documents but stated that none of the documents contained a certificate. Rather, he confirmed that the Cambridge documents were “assessments.”

He also admitted that the Diploma in Strategic Study which he claimed Buhari possessed was not listed in the President’s curriculum vitae (CV).

Kyari also agreed with the APC counsel that Adamawa State was a part of Cameroon under the United Nations mandate, alleging that Atiku Abubakar was born in Jedda in 1946.

When asked if he had read a biography on the PDP’s presidential candidate, the witness said no.

He was then asked if a plebiscite was conducted between Nigeria and Cameroon, and he answered in the affirmative.

The presidential aide was also asked if he was aware that Northern Cameroon chose to stay with Nigeria, and he answered in the affirmative.

Asked if he agrees that Jeda was a part of Northern Cameroon, he said yes.

He was also asked if he had any of the certificates of the President in court and he said no but that he had an attestation from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).

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