Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to allegations that he forged his secondary school certificate with the name “Sadiq Abubakar” in his O’level’ certificate.
Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, confirmed that his O’level’ carried the name ““Sadiq Abubakar”” but swore an affidavit after he passed his exam to change his name.
Atiku made the clarification through Dele Momodu, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.
Recall that a group had given Atiku and Peter Obi bi a seven-day ultimatum to release their academic records or face legal action to compel the disclosure.
According to Momodu, the clarification became necessary following allegations of forgery against his principal by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Momodu alleged that some members of the APC had questioned the name ”Sadiq Abubakar” in Atiku’s WAEC certificate as against his other credentials.
Momodu wrote, ”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 Abuakar 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 instant and direct response…”
