I Still Insist That Buhari Has No WASC Certificate --Okupe

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr.
Doyin Okupe, has advised Nigerians to take the just concluded
elections as politics and not a war between two hostile nations. He
further reiterated his commitment to his words during the campaign
season that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is not an electable
leader.

Okupe, it would be recalled had constantly berated the president-elect
and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for fielding Buhari who it was
alleged had no West African Senior School Certificate, and therefore
was not eligible to contest for the office of President.

Okupe, speaking on his official Facebook page on Monday also condemned
the spurious allegations sponsored by APC agents against President
Jonathan and his aides.

"These are very interesting times in our nation. An election has come
and gone. A victor has emerged and the loser has conceded.

"Yet some of our folks are behaving as if we have just gone through a
war between two hostile nations. The APC agents all over the place are
unrelenting in their tirades of abuses, insults and lies against
President Goodluck Jonathan, his aides and supporters.

"It is shameful that we are still saddled with denying falsehood and
fabrications in the social media and even by hitherto highly respected
newspapers.

"Missing $20bn found in an account in Zenith. PGEJ returns tons of
dollars to federation accounts. N2tn spent on elections by PGEJ. Okupe
says Chibok girls will not be found. How many lies, deliberate
falsehood and evil propaganda, outright curses and attacks must we
suffer just because we lost an election in which we were never
disgraced?

"Buhari polled 15m (56 per cent) while Jonathan scored 12m (46per
cent). Those who talk to us disparagingly should respect the
sentiments of the 12m Nigerians who voted for Jonathan.

"Of course, we have our reservations about the results but we will
pass on that for now. We have lost this election but this is not and
can never be a crime. We are all Nigerians and having lost does not
make us less. We should be allowed to bow out peacefully and
constitutionally on the 29th of May.

"Yes, I said Buhari was not electable. I also said his victory will
not happen. I said and I still insist that Buhari has no WASC
certificate. I said a lot of things to promote my candidate and many
things to put his opponent down.

"I have no regrets for any of the statements I made. Lai Mohammed said
worse. This is the nature of politics. For anyone who cares to listen.

We will be back, period."