The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti
State has asked the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to
prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose; former Ekiti State Mopol Commander,
Gabriel Selekere; and an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bala
Nasarawa.
The party said the men and others
indicted should be prosecuted for their alleged criminal manipulation of
the June 21, 2014 governorship election that returned Fayose to power.
APC said its petition followed a leak of
a secret audio recorded by the Army Officer, Captain Sagir Koli, of the
32nd Artillery Brigade in Ekiti State two days to the election.
According to a petition by the State
Chairman of the party, Olajide Awe, entitled (1) “Criminal Complaint
Conspiracy, Bribery, Threats and Use of Military to Perpetuate Electoral
Fraud Against the People of Ekiti State; (2) investigation of the role
of the Nigerian Police Force in the Ekiti State Gubernatorial
Elections June 21, 2014,” the party brought Arase’s attention to the
content of the audio tape detailing criminal acts planned by those
mentioned or whose voices were captured in the tape.
The party noted that on February 8,
2015, the audio recording capturing the voices of Fayose, Commander of
32 Artillery Brigade, Bri-Gen Aliyu Momoh; Senator Iyiola Omisore;
Police Affairs Minister, Jelili Adesiyan; Minister of State for Defence,
Musiliu Obanikoro and others, at a meeting where they conspired and
strategised to rig the June 21 governorship election was released to the
public.
Awe said, “The import of this audio
recording is the revelations of criminal acts, which were planned and
perpetrated by these men.
“The above listed persons conspired to
tamper with the constitutionally and statutorily laid down procedure for
the conduct of election. Section 1(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) provides that; ‘The Federal
Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any person or group
of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part
thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution’.”
But Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has said the Supreme
Court’s refusal to review its judgment on the leadership dispute within
the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party was enough
signal for APC.
He said the judgment ended the APC’s
pipedream of returning to power through an orchestrated review of the
Supreme Court judgment that validated Fayose’s election.
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