By Ayodele Oni
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has admitted that there is a discrepancy in his Senior School Certificate Examination, (SSCE), Certificate.
According to him, the certificate has Sadiq Abubakar as his name which he later changed through a sworn court affidavit.
Atiku offered the clarification through Dele Momodu, one of his aides, on Tuesday in a post on his social media platform, X.
The clarification, Momodu said, became necessary following allegations of forgery against his Principal by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).
He stated that “Some members of the APC had questioned the name ”Sadiq Abubakar” in Atiku’s WAEC certificate as against his other credentials.
However, Momodu said he forwarded the accusations to the former Vice President, who also provided an answer for the discrepancy.
Momodu wrote, ”The APC busybodies have been bombarding me with allegations of forgery against my Principal, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR (GCON), which I immediately forwarded to him, and here is his copious response:
‘Yes, I used Sadiq Abubakar to sit for my WAEC and after passing my exams, I went to swear an affidavit to say I am the same person as ATIKU Abubakar. I went to ABU as Atiku Abubakar and passed my Exams as Atiku Abubakar.
“Interviewed as Atiku Abubakar by the Federal Civil Service Commission and hired into the Customs Service as Atiku Abubakar. So where is forgery there?”
