By Thompson Yamput
Barewa College, Zaria, Kaduna State has laid to rest the controversy surrounding academic qualification of Alhaji Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka, Kogi SDP Governorship Candidate as it confirmed him one of its bonafide students.
ephemeralnews reports on Friday that the Principal of the college, Mallam Alhassan Isyaku, in a letter he wrote in response to an enquiry, said that the Governorship Candidate was indeed a student of the college.
Isyaku explained that Barewa college had earlier erroneously denied knolwing Ajaka as one of it’s students but after a thorough investigation, it discovered that he attended that school between 1996 and 1998 and left without writing WAEC.
The principal second letter, which was addressed to the Chairman of Kogi East Elders forum, Chief Gabriel Aduku, regretted its earlier response and tendered its unreserved apology.
“After additional investigation of our archived records, I confirm that the Muritala Yakubu with registration number 14667 was a student of the college from 1996 to 1998.
“However he (Ajaka) did not sit for 1998 WAEC in the college hence the absence of his name in our 1998 WAEC Gazette.
“I hereby, on behalf of the college, apologise for the error and we are available should you need further clarification, “his letter read.
Consequently, The Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka Campaign Organization assured all its teeming supporters that there was indeed no cause for alarm conserving the college’s confirmation.
Faruk Adejoh-Audu , the organisation’s Director of Communication, said the college’s error of omission was as a result of the fact that the original enquiry was couched to verify the WAEC Certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which Alhaji Ajaka never said emanated from the school.
Audu said that the result before INEC was an external GCE Certificate issued to the SDP Governorship Candidate directly by the Examination Council.
The director said, “the public is hereby urged to disregard the campaign of calumny by desperate individuals against Ajaka based on the college earlier erroneous communication.” (emeraldnews)