The London Metropolitan Police Service and the Department of State Services (DSS) have been petitioned to investigate the documents President Muhammadu Buhari tendered at the Nigerian presidential election tribunal.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his party in the February 23 presidential election, had questioned the documents.
Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, had told the election tribunal that he obtained the president’s “assessment” documents from Cambridge University.
The separate petitions both dated August 14, 2019, and were said to have been forwarded by a legal practitioner, Kalu Agu to the agencies.
The lawyer is questioning the authenticity of the “certifying statement” said to have been obtained from the Cambridge Assessment International Education.
He has asked the UK police and the DSS to probe the following: “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.
“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.”