Atiku Denies Report of Fake Certificate

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president and the PDP’s presidential candidate for 2023, has denied rumors that his secondary school certificate is fake.

Atiku addressed what seemed to be an error on his secondary school transcript while speaking through Chief Dele Momodu, one of his media assistants. On Tuesday, Momodu clarified the situation in a post on his X account.

 He explained that the clarification was required as a result of the All Progressives Congress, APC, members’ accusations of forgery against Atiku.

In contrast to his other credentials, he pointed out that some members of the ruling party had questioned the name “Sadiq Abubakar” on Atiku’s WAEC certificate.

Momodu noted that the former vice president provided an answer for the discrepancy after he forwarded the accusations to him.

He said, “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?’ – Atiku Abubakar.

“Can the APC social media bullies forward the deluge of questions in circulation to their boss and get an instant and direct response? he queried.