The 37-minute recording details the
conversation between these PDP leaders
and politicians as they bribed Brigadier
General Momoh with a promotion for his
assistance in carrying out election fraud in
Ekiti. In it, Obanikoro is clearly heard
informing the group of men, “[I] am not here
for a tea party, am on special assignment by
the President.”

SaharaReporters has received unimpeachable
documents and audio recordings providing
substantial evidence that major Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) leaders planned and
successfully rigged the gubernatorial elections
in Ekiti State, and plotted a similar scenario
in Osun in 2014.

The audio recordings and affidavit were
provided by Sagir Koli, a Captain in the 32nd
Artillery Brigade stationed in Ekiti State, who
has since fled the country for fear of
retaliation. Capt. Koli recorded the
conversation on 20th June 2014 when he was
asked to accompany his Commanding Officer,
Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, to the
meeting. The venue was held at Spotless Hotel
in Ado-Ekiti.

The audio recordings depict the meeting as
being attended by the eventual “winner” of the
election, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti;
Senator Iyiola Omisore; a man identified as
Honorable Abdulkareem; the Minister for
Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade; and Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro who was at the time the
Minister of State for Defence. Mr. Chris Uba
came to Ekiti with huge stash cash and
soldiers from the East to carry out the
assignment.

The 37-minute recording details the
conversation between these men as they bribed
Brigadier General Momoh with a promotion
for his assistance in carrying out election
fraud in Ekiti. In it, Obanikoro is clearly
heard informing the group of men, “[I] am not
here for a tea party, am on special assignment
by the President.”

SaharaReporters further received credible
intelligence that President Goodluck Jonathan
had instructed the Chief of Defense Staff, Alex
Badeh, to use the army in arresting and
intimidating opposition politicians before and
during the election. The audio recording
provides exact details of the plot, with the
collaborators almost degenerating into
physical combat.

Authentication of Audio Recordings and Proof
of Election Fraud
The audio recordings were analyzed and
authenticated by Guardian Consulting, an
independent US-based security consulting
company. According to a report authored by
Guardian Consulting, also in the possession of
SaharaReporters, the independent company
used Forensic Voice Frequency Comparison
technology to identify all voices on the
recording with audio available in the public
domain.

The then Deputy Defense Minister, Obanikoro
clearly states to General Momoh that he was
not only sent to the meeting by President
Jonathan, but “you can’t get a promotion
without me sitting on top of your military
council. If I am happy tomorrow night, the sky
is your limit.”

Governor Fayose revealed that he had already
bribed an official of the Independent National
Election Commission (INEC), the non-political
commission charged with organizing elections
in Nigeria, to bring copies of voter ballots with
the INEC logo to him that day. Fayose, upset
that his INEC contact was caught in traffic,
narrated his day’s frustrations: “Where are
we supposed to be collating the thing INEC gave
to us? Soft copies we now printed? Why is my
[INEC] contact not with [the ballots]…my
contact man [was] sitting in the check point…it
took me more than two hours to get this man.”
As the plotters began to argue, Omisore, who
was running for Governor of Osun State on the
PDP ticket, tried to calm the room: “I would
just say that we don’t have to argue so much,
we have seen some lapses [today] yes. It’s just
this evening, there is nothing happening now
that we cannot contain before tomorrow
morning.”

Plans to Rig Elections in Favor of PDP
The eyewitness testimony and sworn affidavit
by Capt. Koli corroborates the audio
recordings of the PDP officials’ plans to
manipulate the Ekiti elections. The plotters
devised several plans intended to bring about
an unlawful victory for PDP candidates in
Ekiti State races, including the forging of INEC
ballots, the use of the military to facilitate
access for PDP operatives and supporters, the
creation of a list of APC members to be
arrested, and the deployment of a Special
Team of military personnel to prevent APC
voters from reaching the polls.

The PDP officials told General Momoh that
those soldiers on election duty “must work
hand-in-hand with the PDP agents” and
ordered the arrest of selected APC stalwarts
as that could “greatly assist the party during
the election including DG campaign
organization for Dr. Fayemi, Mr. Bimbo
Daramola,” Capt. Koli said in his affidavit.
General Momoh, confronted with criticism by
the group, defended himself by saying that “we
have done a lot of [APC] arrests.” It would be
recalled that there were arrests of APC
members in Ekiti during the period. It would
also be recalled that many members of the
security offices paraded around Ekiti in
disguise.

The PDP collaborators also demanded that the
military block APC members’ access to the
electorate and that moles should “be careful
because the consequence will be severe.”
Soldiers were instructed set up roadblocks
leading to the polling stations and prevent
APC supporters’ access. Additionally,
vehicles and individuals with a special sticker
labeled “National Security Task” were allowed
movement anywhere, and were only
distributed to PDP agents.
General Momoh informed the group that there
were “about 6 special teams. I have one strike
force. I have almost forty soldiers after
deployment,” evidently an organized system
being used to manipulate voter turnout.
Capt. Koli’s statement explained that based on
these strategies, “they succeeded in rigging the
Ekiti State election with victory in all the 16
Local Governing Authorities (LGAs). These
really inspired them and they were with the
euphoria that same would happen in Osun
State.”

Indeed, leading into the Osun State elections
the Brigadier General posted there was told to
take a three-week leave during the elections.
His position was temporarily filled by General
Momoh, who then repeated the same
fraudulent tactics in Osun.
Retaliation Against Captain Sagir Koli
SaharaReporters was provided with
additional evidence that proves the military
retaliated against Capt. Koli when he released
this information. Capt. Koli fled before he was
arrested, but the military arrested, secretly
detained, and chained his brother Adamu to a
bed for nearly five months at the Adekunle
Fanjuyi’s Cantonment.
In an exclusive phone interview with from his
hideout outside Nigeria, Capt. Koli told
SaharaReporters that his brother was starved
for periods of time and sometimes “fed
worms.” Adamu was only released after a
petition, which is also in possession of
SaharaReporters, was submitted to the
National Human Rights Commission by
Barrister Chief K. Akinola Ajayi.
The treatment of Capt. Koli’s brother was so
poor during his illegal confinement that he had
to be hospitalized due to malnutrition.
SaharaReporters contacted Nigerian Defense
spokesperson, General Chris Olukolade as well
as Nigerian Army spokesperson, Col. SK
Usman, for comment on this story. Both
officials promised to get back to us but never
did.


Source-

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/05/how-obanikoro-fayose-chris-uba-and-brig-general-momoh-rigged-ekiti-governorship-election

This is just another cheap blackmail by APC and their cohorts (sahara reporters) . What a cheap propaganda .

Jnrbaino4real:
This is just another cheap blackmail by APC and their cohorts (sahara reporters) . What a cheap propaganda .

Nice one detective... this dude have cross-checked this report, made enquiries and come out with a conclusion in like what? 2 minutes??

Congrats dude...you're Wots wrong with this country.

The country gets messier by the day
and people can't even think anymore, if the news is against their party, then it's propaganda

MY FRIEND YOUR HEAD NEED TO BE CHECKED. I PITY FOR U AND YOUR FAMILY. U PPL NEEDS A SERIOUS PRAYERS AND COUNSELLING.

Jnrbaino4real:
This is just another cheap blackmail by APC and their cohorts (sahara reporters) . What a cheap propaganda .