Kabir Ibrahim Masari, the man chosen by Bola Tinubu as his running mate, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that has lost all his academic certificates.
Mr Masari made this declaration in a sworn affidavit, which he submitted to the INEC along with his other documents.
With this development, Masari falls in the same group as his principal, Tinubu, in their quest to win the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu made a similar submission in the papers he filed with INEC, in which he claimed that he did not attend both primary and secondary schools.
In the case of Masari, he claimed that he had misplaced vital documents including C of O of one plot KT 17522 in Katsina state, his Grade II certificate from Katsina Teachers College, and his primary school certificate.
Masari said in the affidavit: “That sometimes in January 2021, while on transit within Wuse Area, FCT-Abuja, I discovered that my original Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of Plot, No KT 17522, GRA Katsina, Katsina State; Certificate of Kaduna State Development Centre from 1994 – 1995; Grade II Certificate from Katsina Teachers’ College (KTC) from 1978 – 1983 and First Leaving School Certificate issued by Masari Primary, Katsina State, from 1972 – 1978, got lost”.
“That all efforts made to trace the documents proved abortive hence this affidavit.”
