Kayode Fayemi
A
former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that some
soldiers are ready to testify in support of the leaked audio file on how
chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party connived with the military
to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti.
The audio file released by Sahara Reporters, an
online medium, detailed how the then PDP candidate, now Governor
Ayodele Fayose; former Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu
Obanikoro; Senator Iyiola Omisore; Minister of Police Affairs, Mr.
Jelili Adesiyan and the military allegedly rigged the poll.
Fayemi, who spoke on a live programme, “APC Change Hour”, on an Akure, Ondo State-based Adaba 88.9 FM,
monitored in Ado Ekiti on Thursday said the postponement of the 2015
general elections was not about security but about a secret plot to rig
the polls.
He said, “We are taking every step to ensure this does not go unpunished. There are many soldiers willing to testify.
“There are many Captain Sagir Kolis who
are willing to give evidence in the court of law. I am just appealing to
all Nigerians to be patient as events unfold.”
He said the All Progressives Congress
would resist militarisation of the election based on a judgment of a
Federal High Court, Sokoto, which ruled against the use of soldiers for
electoral duties.
“We in the APC will not allow the use of
the military to oversee the conduct of the elections because we know and
we are aware that they have sown fake police uniforms, they have sown
fake army uniforms but we will not allow them,” he said.
On his defeat in the June election in
Ekiti, Fayemi said the APC that had three senators, six members of the
House of Representatives, 25 House of Assembly members, council chairmen
and councillors could not lose so scandalously, saying “the latest
revelations had proved the fact that the poll was rigged.”
He said, “Fayose is a desperate man, he
is more desperate than (President Goodluck) Jonathan. He is one of the
apostles of interim government. Gen. Momoh is a victim; he wants
promotion.
“He believes that all his atrocities will
come to hunt him; the judges that were beaten, the legislature that was
sacked and the civil servants that were harassed.
“They are now using the military to rig
elections and Nigerians must be vigilant. It is when the situation
cannot be handled by the police that you call in the military.
“If you hear what Captain Koli said, he
said they were given instructions (to rig Ekiti polls). Chris Uba, who
is not a military officer, was giving order to military officers.
“It was soldiers that drove vehicles that
conveyed PDP members to arrest APC members. Our members were arrested
and they were not released until the election was over.”
On why he conceded victory a day after
the poll, Fayemi said there was a “grand plan” from Abuja to kill as
much people as possible after the election should there be any
demonstration or protest against the result.
Speaking on alleged plot to remove the
Independent National Electoral Commission’s chairman, Prof. Attahiru
Jega, Fayemi urged Nigerians to hold Jonathan by his words that Jega
would not be removed.
The former governor also urged Nigerians
to use their votes to flush out what he called “an incompetent
government” during this year’s general elections, saying Nigerians
needed to be vigilant in the days ahead to ensure that nobody tampered
with their votes.
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