Lawyer calls for Abba Kyari's arrest should Buhari’s Cambridge certificate found to be fake

Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari 

Nigerian lawyer, Kalu Kalu Agu, has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) and the London Metropolitan Police Service to investigate documents said to have been obtained by Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, from Cambridge University and tendered as evidence for the president at the presidential election tribunal.



Abba Kyari had told the election tribunal that he obtained the president’s “assessment” documents from Cambridge University.

He was quoted as saying he personally signed for and collected the documents on behalf of the president.

The UK-based examination body oversaw the conduct of final year secondary school examination in Nigeria and placement into foreign universities in the 1960s.



In the two petitions forwarded by Agu, the lawyer questioned the authenticity of the “certifying statement” said to have been obtained from the Cambridge Assessment International Education.

He asked the UK police and the DSS to launch an investigation into the circumstances leading to the procurement of the statement and to find out 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.”

The lawyer said if at the end of the investigation the certifying statement is found to be fake, the DSS and the UK police should arrest Abba Kyari and charge him to court.



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.”