Former Dean of Agricultural Mechanization, Kaduna
Polytechnic, Elder Uzowulu Azubuike has dismissed as untrue allegations that
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district forged his
school certificates.
In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST, Uzowulu who was
the first head of department and Dean, School of agricultural mechanization
between 1988/89 explained that he personally took Sani’s Higher National
Diploma academic performance file to the school Council for approval.
He noted that Sani was a brilliant student at the time with
traits of activism, hence, he was popular and that nobody among his set could
pretend of not knowing him.
Azubuike added that he could not call to memory his academic
grade, saying records were available at the Polytechnic for further inquiries.
“I cannot recollect precisely his Higher National Diploma
grade. You know it was between 1988/89 and that is about 28 years ago. The
school should have that record”, he said.
He added: “the school of agricultural mechanization as at
then has changed to agricultural engineering now”.
He also said, the former Rector of the School, Dr. A. T.
Abdullahi, an indegene of Jigawa state who left to become the Executive
Secretary of NABTEC at a time could testify that Sani graduated.
Findings by DAILY POST from former Principal of Government
Science College, Kagara in Niger state, Mallam Ahmed Ibrahim confirmed that he
wrote his WAEC in 1984.
A group known as Kaduna Central Peoples Forum at a press
briefing in Kaduna had called for prosecution of Sani over alleged perjury.
By Samson Atekojo Usman
