An investigation by Saharareporters has unmasked the identities of collaborators who played a role in leaked intercepted telephone calls that revealed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State discussing the rigging of recent legislative elections in the state by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who had collected bribes from him.


Our investigation showed that the first person to come on the telephone call to Governor Wike was Dumnamene Dekor, a former Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. During the rerun election that took place two Saturdays ago, Mr. Dekor ran as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to represent Khana/Gokhana Federal constituency in the House of Representatives. However, he lost to a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In the intercepted telephone call, Governor Wike addresses Mr. Dekor as “Dum Dekor.” The former Deputy Speaker was the one heard in the telephone conversation talking about moving INEC materials to a “Rack Center.” He, however, complained about intimidation by security agencies, a complaint that so infuriated Governor Wike that he threatened to kill the INEC officers he had bribed to facilitate rigging in the election.

Our investigator also found out that the only female voice in the telephone conversation was Betty Apiafi, a PDP member of the House of Representatives representing Abua-Odua/Ahoada East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Ms. Apiafi could be heard complaining about the lack of funding to bribe more INEC officers and youths to do Governor Wike’s bidding.

A source in Rivers State disclosed that Ms. Apiafi was handed the task of offering a N5 million bribe to each electoral officer. In the leaked conversation with the governor, she complained that she had run out of money.

Another key player in the telephone call is Owolobi Ofori, aka “Owoh.” SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Ofori serves as Governor Wike's domestic aide. Several sources in Rivers State identified him as the person the governor entrusts with dirty and sometimes deadly tasks. They added that Mr. Ofori liaises with gangs and armed cultists in the state, often taking funds from the governor to them. He and Ms. Apiafi hail from the same local government of Abua-Odua.


Since SaharaReporters exposed Governor Wike’s audiotaped conversation, the governor and his aides have been running helter-skelter in an attempt to deflect attention from the criminal electoral scandal. He led a protest march to the police headquarters in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. He later invited a few bloggers and journalists to a meeting and enlisted them to claim that the leaked audio was a product of voice altering software.

On its part, INEC has kept mum on the scandal. SaharaReporters contacted a senior official of the electoral commission in Abuja to ask about a response to the scandal. The official asked not to be named and claimed that INEC would look into the scandal when it meets soon to review the conduct of the election in Rivers State.

Saharareporters learns that the governor’s telephone conversations include several INEC officials, politicians, government officials and youth leaders who engaged in violent election rigging in the state.

A six-minute leaked audio revealed how election officials drafted from Plateau, Anambra and Oyo were bribed in batches as they arrived the state. Governor Wike threatened to kill some of them led by an INEC official he referred to as “Shettima” in the leaked audio.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/12/16/governor-wike%E2%80%99s-key-collaborators-leaked-audio-named

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Source: http://towncrieronline.net/2016/12/16/governor-wikes-key-collaborators-in-leaked-audio-names-photos/

Who cares!

Nigeria Politics.

I would rather vote for Mr. Ibu come 2019 than vote this current gworo chewer we has as president at the moment.

We the Yoruba make a mistake by bean allow ourself to be deceive. By 2019 the battle life will be drum and we will correct the mistake.

Atiku&Wike2019

na only Shara reporter they get election fact against opposition? keep it up na so you catch ekitigate! no worries tonder go soon fire your press men

KUDOS TO SAHARA REPORTERS! always digging out opposition party news from time immemorial

WIKEd hands are already soaked with innocent blood.

Death is inevitable, both the killed and killer shall face the judgement one day.

The truth is that, I do not see Wike completing him 4-year tenure. Anybody can quote me....

Where is Abacha, Idi-Amin, IBB etc today?

Nemesis is real.

I won't comment on the audio as I'm yet to listen to it.

But rivers state that I know and live in it, all my live and also voted during the elections both the one that brought it ameachi in 2011 to the just concluded one this month. I'll say PDP do not need to bribe anyone to win elections.

Even some of the so called APC Argents do vote for PDP, just working with APC for the money.

When APC need protesters, there some people willing to carry the plascard and walk the street for APC as long as the price is right. But when it comes to voting rivers state is for PDP,

Never take anything from Sahara Reporters serious

gbagam

Ok

It still doesnt change the fact that we saw a video evidence where Ameachi was snatching a ballot. Which one will stand the end of time in court, a video evidence or cloned audio tape? Ameachi should keep wasting resources to cover is shame

obataokenwa:
Gov Wike, is too big for such allegations. Amaechi should look for more evidence, this particular one didn't sell

Jnrbaino4real:
Another poor and shabby journalism. Immediately wike and PDP showed video evidence of SARS beating inec officials and as well as rigging , APC all of a sudden produces this fake and cheap so called audio.cheap blackmail

omogin:
This Sahara reporters are the same clowns that made most zombies to bring in a daft govt

I've listened to the audio about 4 times. And I'm sure it's not fake. I'm sure it was not doctored. There's no software that can give you a 100% result when when it comes to voice changing. His accent, breathing and intonation. I've used the av voice changer before. And it can't be as perfect as this.

No one is trying to set Wike up. He's the one in the audio. A mere press statement he released earlier is not enough to deny he's not the one. If he's sure he's not the one. Then he should go ahead and sue them. Then they should get proper forensic expert to work on the audio.

The only reason I don't vote is because I don't believe there can ever be a 100% free and fair election in this country. Both APC and PDP are riggers. Sometimes the best rigger wins.

But what I hate is some youths like the ones I quoted above defending someone you know is wrong just because he's your kinsman or because you hate APC. It won't help our country move forward.

happney65 before you start shouting your mumu zombie chant. I need you to use your brain on this. Please listen to the audio and let me know what you think.

I listened to the conversation once and I knew it was Wike especially the heavy breathing, if u have had the unfortunate experience of been in close contact with Wike in a quiet place u will immediately identify his voice in that tape.
That said Wike is just a talkative and really doesn't mean most of what he said. #myopinion

Sahara Reporters is the CNN of Nigeria (too much propaganda) and anti opposition, they are doing what CNN did to Trump to Wike

I am not a Governor, but there are many sensitive things I DO NOT DISCUSS THROUGH TELEPHONE CONVERSATION.
Either Wike is dafter than he looks, or this is a set up. How the hell can a Governor threatened to kill someone through a fone convo, which anybody can get hands on?
Don Corleone even warned about this in the GODFATHER.

o ga gan ooo

This Sahara reporters are the same clowns that made most zombies to bring in a daft govt

May the souls of those who died fighting over the election rot in hell, amen.

Another poor and shabby journalism. Immediately wike and PDP showed video evidence of SARS beating inec officials and as well as rigging , APC all of a sudden produces this fake and cheap so called audio.cheap blackmail

Greats news to console the sore broke ass loser Miss Ngene.

Sahara reporters don resurrect



Craze people..

EgusiSoup:
I would rather vote for Mr. Ibu come 2019 than vote this current gworo chewer we has as president at the moment.

We the Yoruba make a mistake by bean allow ourself to be deceive. By 2019 the battle life will be drum and we will correct the mistake.

Atiku&Wike2019

Dumbest statement of the year 2016

Gov Wike, is too big for such allegations. Amaechi should look for more evidence, this particular one didn't sell

Rivers...

Abeg make we hear this audio