Prosecute Fayose, others, APC tells IG

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
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.