The spokesperson for President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organisation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode has denied the allegation
that he manipulated a document from Cambridge University to justify his claim
that General Muhammadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate’s statement of
result was forged.
FFK has decided to address the situation by
releasing a press statement through his Special Assistant, Sufuyan Ojeifo. Read the full statement below.
releasing a press statement through his Special Assistant, Sufuyan Ojeifo. Read the full statement below.
Buhari Certificate Saga: Allegation of
document manipulation against Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is indicative of
desperation by the opposition
The attention of the Director of Media and
Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, has been drawn to some media reports alleging that he manipulated
a document from Cambridge University to justify his claim that that General
Muhammadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate’s statement of result was
forged.
Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, has been drawn to some media reports alleging that he manipulated
a document from Cambridge University to justify his claim that that General
Muhammadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate’s statement of result was
forged.
Chief Fani-Kayode wishes to state clearly
that he never issued a statement signed by him in his capacity as spokesperson
of the PDP Presidential Campaign neither did he address a press conference nor
briefing where he referred to the Cambridge document in question. He also did not validate the content of the
said document on any occasion.
that he never issued a statement signed by him in his capacity as spokesperson
of the PDP Presidential Campaign neither did he address a press conference nor
briefing where he referred to the Cambridge document in question. He also did not validate the content of the
said document on any occasion.
As far as he is concerned, he, as a person,
does not know of the existence of the said Cambridge e-mail document and what
the content is all about. He never commented on the content of the document and
therefore how that translated into forgery beats the imagination. To be clear, he has not been in touch with
Cambridge to request for any information in respect of the issue in question.
does not know of the existence of the said Cambridge e-mail document and what
the content is all about. He never commented on the content of the document and
therefore how that translated into forgery beats the imagination. To be clear, he has not been in touch with
Cambridge to request for any information in respect of the issue in question.
What he has done, especially during his
last press conference on General Buhari’s published statement of result was to
make assertions to the effect that the statement of result was forged and illegally
procured; and had called on the police to track down the masterminds of the
forgery.
last press conference on General Buhari’s published statement of result was to
make assertions to the effect that the statement of result was forged and illegally
procured; and had called on the police to track down the masterminds of the
forgery.
For the record, it is important to state
that the media report on which the allegation of manipulation against Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode was grounded happens to be the THISDAY news report of Monday,
January 26, 2015 with the headline “Certificate Saga: Hausa Language Was Not
Offered in 1961, says Report”.
that the media report on which the allegation of manipulation against Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode was grounded happens to be the THISDAY news report of Monday,
January 26, 2015 with the headline “Certificate Saga: Hausa Language Was Not
Offered in 1961, says Report”.
The news report was apparently muddled up
in its facts and presentation in paragraph 13 wherein it said that Chief
Fani-Kayode “CLAIMED that he came across an e-mail dated Thursday, January,
2015 from the institution’s (Cambridge) Archives Delivery Service Officer,
Jacky Emerson, to one Sodiq Alabi who requested confirmation if the examination
body offered Hausa Language in the 1961 West African Examination it organized.”
in its facts and presentation in paragraph 13 wherein it said that Chief
Fani-Kayode “CLAIMED that he came across an e-mail dated Thursday, January,
2015 from the institution’s (Cambridge) Archives Delivery Service Officer,
Jacky Emerson, to one Sodiq Alabi who requested confirmation if the examination
body offered Hausa Language in the 1961 West African Examination it organized.”
It is hereby categorically stated that
there is no such press statement anywhere in the whole wide world signed by
Chief Fani-Kayode wherein he made any such claim.
there is no such press statement anywhere in the whole wide world signed by
Chief Fani-Kayode wherein he made any such claim.
The other references to Chief Fani-Kayode
in the THISDAY news report were a recall or tie-back of all that he said at his
press conference in Abuja last Thursday on the forged statement of result
purported to be General Buhari’s.
in the THISDAY news report were a recall or tie-back of all that he said at his
press conference in Abuja last Thursday on the forged statement of result
purported to be General Buhari’s.
The allegation of manipulation against
Chief Fani-Kayode is, therefore, indicative of desperation by the opposition
who should have spoken to the issue of whether or not General Buhari has a
certificate or not.
Chief Fani-Kayode is, therefore, indicative of desperation by the opposition
who should have spoken to the issue of whether or not General Buhari has a
certificate or not.
Sufuyan Ojeifo
Media Consultant/Special Assistant to Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode
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