Keyamo said this while appearing on Channels Tv on Sunday night when asked about the eligibility of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the presidential election.
According to him, if you have occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, you do not need a WAEC certificate to become president of Nigeria.
Keyamo said “There are other levels of qualifications to run for the office of President. In fact, if you have occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, by the provisions of the constitution, you do not even need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria.
“It becomes extremely foolish for anybody who is not statutorily empowered to issue WAEC certificates to come and challenge the body that has the statutory power to issue certificates.”
This is coming days after the APC filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja by its lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi faulting the candidacy of Atiku in the election, claiming that Atiku is a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian citizen.
APC, hence stated that the former Vice President’s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari, its own candidate, should be dismissed for lacking in merit.
From Daily Post
Wait.. What!!!!! .... And you are not ashamed to say it... Then senator adeleke should not be answering any case in court.. He is in fact over qualified to be a governor of there is anything like that..... You people are just bunch of idiots that will keep twisting the laws till it favours you..
ReplyDeleteExactly, they are the same people prosecuting Adeleke over Waec results.
DeleteI think the fura da nono they had been given him is now affecting his brain.
DeleteThe embarrassment we have been receiving from mvuhari is enough abeg. Na wa, so make we elect another olodo again?
Mao Akuh
I read somewhere where Lateef Fagbemi said he wasn't the one that brought the idea of Atiku isn't a Nigeria but Festus Keyamo and Lai Mohammed. Now Atiku has responded that his grandfather is from Sokoto and I want to ask, is Sokoto also not part of Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteomg!!! i am speechless
ReplyDeleteMoney corrupts
ReplyDeleteSmh, he's indirectly saying the president does not have a waec cert
ReplyDeleteDo you want it to be spelt black and white before you get it?
DeleteSee the "people" making decision for educated Nigerians
ReplyDeletePoor journalism by Stella, he didn’t say that’ read section of 318 of the 1999 constitution’ (which we all know that Keyamo didn’t write)before u comment. I was wondering why nobody brought up this ‘Waec palava’ During Obasanjo’s tenure.
ReplyDeleteNigeria is a disgrace. International communities are reading this oo. APC should not deny this tommorrow
ReplyDeleteStella, kindly check the headline. I think "NEED" is missing. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnd after this, we still want to move forward when our president cannot even operate a smart phone let alone have a waec certificate.
ReplyDeleteFools who because of money will be supporting illiterate cattle rearers to rule this country. Particularly in this 21st century when progressive countries all over the world painstakingly put forward highly competent and qualified people to rule them. How can Nigeria ever prosper or make progress with these type of short-sighted morons. Unborn generations of Nigerians will cause people like Keyamo for supporting backwardness because of his stomach.
ReplyDeleteMumu.
ReplyDeleteGreed
ReplyDeleteTheir belly will not allow them see road