Ekitigate: APC dares Gov Fayose

APC calls on Attorney General to prosecute Gov Fayose for election rigging

Demands that Fayose explains his alleged role in Ekitigate

Calls on President Buhari to probe election rigging scandal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state has challenged Governor Ayo Fayose to wave his immunity clause and face prosecution for his alleged role in the June 21, 2014 Ekiti governorship election rigging scandal, now known as Ekitigate.

Governor Ayo Fayose has said allegations that he rigged the Ekiti election are baseless.

The Ekiti APC publicity secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement on Monday, February 1,  also called on the attorney general and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to prosecute all those involved in the election rigging scandal.

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The party, reacting to recent media reports on confessional statements by the expelled Ekiti state secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tope Aluko, said Fayose and others in the PDP should also be prosecuted along with the soldiers who were recently incited by a military panel for their role in the Ekitigate scandal.

According to The Punch, Taiwo Olatunbosun said the recent revelations by an insider who participated fully in the election rigging scandal has raised the need for those involved to be prosecuted.

He said: “By Aluko’s revelations, we are justified in our claim that our candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, never lost that election but was criminally toppled by a coup d’etat orchestrated by Fayose in cahoots with President Jonathan’s administration that illegally deployed money and the military to ensure victory for Fayose.

“It is interesting that more names are coming up in the biggest election scam ever witnessed in Nigeria with the alleged participation of Ifeanyi Ubah of the infamous Transformation Agenda for Nigeria, a shady campaign group of former President Jonathan. No wonder Ubah was compensated with an honorary fellow award by Fayose at the Ekiti State College of Education for a job well done.”

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Olatunbosun said the prosecution of the Ekiti election fraud by the President Muhammadu Buhari would prove to Nigerians that this administration will not tolerate official impunity and fraud.

He said: “We have seen the army tackle the military aspect of the Army Probe Panel report. We expect the police and the AGF to also toe the same path in coming out with the civilian component of the probe report and act accordingly.”

The party urged Nigerians to prevail on the minister of justice to compel Fayose to explain to his alleged involvement in the scandal.

It said:  “Besides Fayose talking on the tape about how INEC gave him soft copies that he printed to win the election, the minister of justice must also compel the governor, who spoke on election result collation in the tape, to tell Nigerians which election result he was collating in Efon-Alaaye on June 19, 2014, two clear days before the June 21, 2014 governorship election,”

Meanwhile, Governor Ayo Fayose denied allegation by  Tope Aluko  that former president Goodluck Jonathan gave him the sum of $35million cash to prosecute the state governorship election.

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