There is panic in Aso Rock following the move by the London Metropolitan Police Service to investigate the authenticity of the Cambridge documents tendered by President Muhammadu Buhari during the Presidential Election Tribunal hearing, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV reports that the move follows a petition against the Police Commission by some Concerned Citizens of Nigeria in London.
In the petition obtained by Igbere TV on Saturday, Abba Kyari, the President’s Chief of Staff, was also listed for his role in obtaining the documents from the Cambridge University, London.
Igbere TV recalls that the opposition PDP candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, and his party had questioned the admissibility of the certificate.
The petition, dated August 14, 2019, was forwarded to our correspondent via mail by Kalu Agu, SAN, a legal practitioner and ally of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
In the mail, Agu questioned the authenticity of the “certifying statement” said to have been obtained from the Cambridge Assessment International Education.
“Where did Mr. Abba Kyari get the certificate which he enclosed alongside his application form for the issuance of the said certifying statement which he claimed he procured from Cambridge Assessment International Education,” the lawyer argued.
“Whether Mr Abba Kyari as an individual can apply for the said certifying statement not being an academic institution or an employer of the candidate.
“Whether the said certifying statement can be delivered to Mr Abba Kyari by hand as he claimed he signed and personally collected same by hand in the UK.
“Evidence of the said application and of the candidate’s authorisation to the Cambridge Assessment International Education for the release of the said certifying statement to Mr Abba Kyari.”
He added that “in the circumstance that the certifying statement is found to be forged, it will be of great service to both Nigeria and the United Kingdom that Mr. Abba Kyari is arrested and arraigned in a court of competent jurisdiction for forgery.”
Igbere TV gathered that the petitioner, Kalu Agu, also sent a copy of the petition to the Department of State Services (DSS) for action.
Both the PDP and the APC have closed their cases at the tribunal, waiting for the court’s decision on the actual winner of the Feb 23 presidential election of which INEC declared Buhari as winner.
