Soldiers ready to testify to rigging in Ekiti — 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.