Implication of Buhari v. Atiku's Tribunal Judgement
One of the reasons Buhari defeated Atiku in the Election Tribunal is the notion that you do not need a certificate to prove that you attended a school.

This actually sounds logical to me. In the US, schools have Year Books, where all the names and photos of students in each class are documented for posterity. That way, you do not need to show a certificate to prove school attendance.
It means any Nigerian who has evidence to show that he/she has attended a school, even if for one day, can claim to have attended that school, with all its associated educational attainment(s) - yet you do not have to show the actual certificate(s).

I do not remember that there are Year Books in the Nigerian school system. However, such evidence can be just to have your name on the class register, to take a photo with students in the class, or with your teacher, principal, or be lucky that (one of) your school teacher is still alive and remembers you, when called upon as a witness in the court.

If we would like for candidates to show actual certificates, then we have to look at the electoral laws and protest for changes that will explicitly require the presentation of SCHOOL GRADUATION CERTIFICATES.

Until then, the good news with all of this (as it concerns fake Nigerians) is that the days of certificate forgery are over. Don't waste your time forging academic certificates; you don't need them to prove anything. Welcome to a new paradigm. Good for Nigeria.

It can't be good for Nigeria, this is worse than certificate forgery in fact no need be educated to be a Nigerian president.
We're bringing the bar down for lazy people. this is why we're stagnant. What stops Buhari from upgrading his qualifications from 1985 to 2015.

stonemasonn:
It can't be good for Nigeria, this is worse than certificate forgery in fact no need be educated to be a Nigerian president.
We're bringing the bar down for lazy people. this is why we're stagnant. What stops Buhari from upgrading his qualifications from 1985 to 2015.

The judgement based on the above logic is okay by me. The big question is why did anyone vote for Buhari in the first place? Who are the Nigerians who voted for him? Holding a Certificate is beside the point. Did he possess what is needed to be a president of Nigeria, which goes well beyond academic certificate? my answer is NO. Yet, Nigerians with BScs, MScs, and even PhDs voted for him, twice.

A bottle of malt for OP

This country is messy

StillX10:
A bottle of malt for OP

Lol

Circus display.

seunlayi:
This country is messy

Messy is an understatement. That some people voted for Buhari in 2015 when the certificate issue first came up may be forgivable because they can claim ''we needed a change from PDP'' - which I agree. That the same people voted for him again in 2019 still with no certificate + bad economic management + no tangible achievement makes it heavily messier.