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Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Nobody: 9:06am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Mr. Fani-Kayode said his team had listened to and reviewed the recording and that it came to the conclusion that the opposition All Progressives Congress turned fact on its head by claiming that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state; former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, who featured in the recording, planned how to rig the election. Contrary to President Goodluck Jonathan’s dismissal of the Ekiti rigging audio recording as a fabrication that is not worth his attention, the spokesperson for his campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode has admitted that the tape is genuine but that the characters involved in the meeting captured in the recording were not discussing how to rig the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Mr. Fani-Kayode said his team had listened to and reviewed the recording and that it came to the conclusion that the opposition All Progressives Congress turned fact on its head by claiming that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state; former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, who featured in the recording, planned how to rig the election. “We have listened to the audio clip and we make bold to say that the discussion that took place in it did not make any mention of any form of rigging in the Ekiti state governorship election and neither did it contain any evidence of any conspiracy to rig,” he said. Mr. Fani-Kayode also said rather than attempting to orchestrate rigging, what the audio clip clearly revealed was Governor Fayose expressing concerns that a military commander was not acting on information about illegal movement of weapons into certain parts of the state. “The Governor and others were apparently worried that safety of the voters and INEC officials could be compromised if security measures were not strictly enforced,” he said. Mr Fani-Kayode’s admission of the authenticity of the tape is another chapter in the series of contradictory responses from the ruling party and those at the centre of the vote rigging plot. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, last Friday, Mr. Jonathan said he would not investigate the authenticity of the audio recording because it was a “fabrication.” “It’s all fabrications. Why should I investigate things that are not real?” he asked. Using forensic analysis that compared the voices in the recording with public record samples of the individuals in the recording, Guardian Consulting, The New York-based security firm, that helped authenticate the recordings, confirmed that the tape was genuine. “The voices from the recording were subjected to a Forensic Voice Frequency Comparison against known samples and were found to match to a 98 per cent degree of certainty,” the firm said. Mr Jonathan’s dismissal of the tape as a fabrication came after Mr Obanikoro denied taking part in the meeting and threatened to sue PREMIUM TIMES and Sahara Reporters for their vigorous reporting on the matter. Mr. Adesiyan confessed that the recording was genuine but that it was more of an altercation between Mr. Fayose and Mr. Momoh after the former accused the later of favouring the then governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi. “Fayose accused the General who supervised the Ekiti election of taking bribe from Fayemi and APC, that was two days before the election. They called me because they said the General disarmed policemen and I told him to allow the policemen to do their job,” he told the Sunday Punch newspaper. After initially claiming his voice was manipulated using speech software such as Natural Voices, Mr. Fayose later admitted during a political event in Ekiti that it was his voice that was captured in the tape but claimed he was rebuking Mr. Momoh for favouring the APC. “If you listen to the tape about military rigging in Ekiti. Listen to the tape you will see that I was the one accusing the army of compromise. Listen, take time to listen. But they would come back with propaganda and saying it all as if the whole world of propaganda belongs to them,” he said. Counter Allegation While challenging the APC to do a critical content analysis of the discussions in the audio clip, Mr. Fani- Kayode said it was the APC that rigged the governorship election in Osun state. “During the course of those elections, some of their agents gathered in secret locations where they thumb-printed ballot papers in favor of their governorship candidate, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,” he said. Mr. Fani Kayode also played a video tape he claimed proved the APC rigged the election in Osun state. “It is ironic that instead of purging itself of its own insatiable appetite for rigging and cheating, the APC, through its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, chose to call a press conference in which he alleged that our leaders were ordering soldiers to rig in Ekiti state. “This is a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black,” he said. APC, Buhari calling for violence At his press conference, Mr. Fani-Kayode also accused the APC and its presidential candidate of veiled attempts to instigate violence in the country, while also undermining the nation’s armed forces. “It is now very clear to us that the APC is determined to cause security breaches in the next few weeks. This has been confirmed by their vigorous campaign of calumny against the military and their consistent demand that soldiers must not be deployed for security surveillance at the polling booths in the forthcoming elections,” he said. Mr. Fani-Kayode also alleged what he termed subtle threat of violence by Mr. Buhari at an APC leadership meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. “General Buhari said that the patience of the APC and its leaders were on test. One wonders what he means by that and what he and his supporters intend to do once that patience runs out. “In an AFP news report of Friday, February 6, 2015, he was asked if he would accept the outcome of the presidential election no matter how unfavourable. Listen to his answer: “I am not going to lose; so I won’t answer that question.” “Again, only yesterday, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, in an interview on ARISE Television, General Buhari was asked what his reaction would be if he loses the election. His answer was: “We shall see.” “As far as we are concerned, these are ominous and subtle threats to unleash violence on the Nigerian people and all those that he perceives are his enemies in the event of his losing the election,” he said. Mr. Fani-Kayode said Mr. Buhari has succeeded in inflaming the destructive passion of his supporters in the northern part of the country on many occasions in the past. “We recall his unacceptable remarks on May 15, 2012 when he said “if what happened in 2011 should happen again in 2015, the dog and the baboon would be soaked in blood”. “We witnessed the orgy of violence that they unleashed shortly after the announcement of the results of the 2011 presidential election, which the Sheik Lemu Committee, in its report to the Federal Government, said was caused by Buhari’s inflammatory statements. “We recall with sadness the massacre of some of our vibrant youth corps members who participated in the 2011 election as INEC’s ad-hoc staff in Bauchi State. “We are concerned that the same thing may happen again given General Buhari’s divisive and inciting comments coupled with the APC’s violent disposition,” Mr. Fani-Kayode said. He said the attempt by the APC to discredit the use of soldiers by promoting some “misleading audio footage of the so-called rigging during the Ekiti governorship election, in which one Captain Sagir Koli was the dramatis personae, is childish and absurd”. He said the Nigerian Government deployed soldiers in the Anambra, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections and all those elections were devoid of violence. “Remarkably, the APC won in Edo and Osun; APGA won in Anambra, Labour Party won in Ondo while PDP won only in Ekiti State,” he said. He added that the basis on which the APC is agitating for the exclusion of soldiers from the election by sponsoring court cases is patently dubious and untenable. “The reason that the APC and its leaders do not want soldiers deployed is to be able to intimidate voters and unleash violence on the polity once they lose the elections. “They know that it would be far more difficult for them to do that when soldiers are on the streets. “With these dishonourable tactics and desperate acts by the APC, we are the ones who should be worried and who should be complaining but, unlike Buhari and the APC, our patience is not running out because we are committed to a peaceful election and we completely reject the option of violence,” he said. www.saharareporters.com/2015/02/20/fani-kayode-counters-president-jonathan-says-ekiti-rigging-tape-authentic 1 Like |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Nobody: 9:11am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Gbam! Denial by the master and acceptance by the piper. Lets see what the presidency has to say this time around. 3 Likes |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by ZACHIE: 9:22am On Feb 20, 2015 |
[b]FAMOUS SAYINGS OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN 1. CNN has said our Economy is growing. The best Economists are at the World Bank. Now you have all these Nigerian Economists talking nonsense. Do they know better than CNN or World Bank? 2. Nigeria is not poor. Come and see the amount of private jets Nigerians parked at Kenya Airport when we went to Nairobi for Conference. Kenyans were just looking at us with envy. How can you say Nigerians are poor 3. Nigerians need jobs. Vote for me and i will create Unemployment 4'. We are giving special Scholarships to our First Class Graduates.......in ten years time, they are going to take us to the Moon 5. How can you jus say $20 billion is missing. If that kind of money is missing, the Americans will know. They know everything 6.Corruption is not stealing. If you put yam where a goat is, the goat will eat the yam. 7. If you go to Lagos and shout "ole ole" they will stone you well well. But if you shout "corruption", people will jus be looking at you. 8.Why should i declare my assets? I don't give a damn! 9.People are just raising false alarm. How can 200 children go missing jus like that? It is our enemies trying to cause confusion. But we are investigating the matter 10. We are going to rebuild the Chibook school. And we are going to build high fences round the school to protect them next time . Yes Yes. 11. People keep saying,why don't we go to Chibook, why don't we go to Chibook. Aaah, we can't go to Chibook jus like that. The Boko Haram people will fire at us. 12. This Abuja bombing is not by MEND. We know it is by Boko Haram. They are everywhere. Boko Haram is even in my Government. 13. Boko Haram are our siblings. You can't set the Army to go and wipe out your family 14. Mend tried to kill me. They came to bomb me in Abuja. That is why we jailed Henry Okah in South Africa 15. I did not plan the Election postponement. Even my Service Chiefs did not consult me. 16. If i knew Election was going to be postponed, why will i waste my time and Federal Government money to go and campaign in Bayelsa. 17. I am the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. You don't expect me to go and be fighting in Sambisa forest. People jus talk anyhow. 18. We are going to buy Guns and give good Pensions to our Brave Soldiers, so that when they are killed, their families will not suffer 19. Some people jus call themselves Statesman for nothing. They jump about and talk like motor park touts. 20. After God and my Parents, the third person i thank most for my life is President Olusegun Obasanjo. 21. I want to apologise to the people of Rivers State for not bringing any Projects here. It is because i don't want people to say i am doing favouritism. Vote for me and in the next 4 years you will see my hand 22. I am the sitting President. If there is any trouble, it is me that the United Nations Secretary General calls. Everything is on my head. 23. May 29 Swearing in Day is sacrosanct. Definitely, a new President will be sworn in on that day. ..........and so on and so forth. [/b] 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by LouisVanGaal(m): 9:38am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Even his 'paid parrot' calls him clueless! Then what stops me that doesn't benefit from calling him names?! 2 Likes |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by delishpot: 9:46am On Feb 20, 2015 |
I dont get this fanny guy o. One moment he is behind gej tge next he is shouting sai buhari |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by ayGodsdelight(m): 9:48am On Feb 20, 2015 |
A house divided against itself cannot stand... 1 Like |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by hazyfm1: 9:49am On Feb 20, 2015 |
HUNGRY MAN FFK |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by omenka(m): 9:53am On Feb 20, 2015 |
That was how the President and Abati contradicted themselves during the president's wife's medical trip saga. Even the president's wife herself contradicted what Abati said by admitting she "died and resurrected while in the hospital". . Abati had denied she never went to any hospital but rather went to take a "moment's rest in Germany due to fatigue from the elections brouhaha of 2011" Believe whatever comes out of the presidency at your own peril. 2 Likes |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by danot1030: 9:58am On Feb 20, 2015 |
ZACHIE:REALLY, did Jonathan make all these statements and some people still want us to vote for him? 3 Likes |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Nobody: 9:59am On Feb 20, 2015 |
fools contradicting themselves. The problem is no one will probe the video clips. Jonathan is damn clueless! 3 Likes |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by citizenY(m): 10:00am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Confusion..... in living colours. That tape Should be listened to along with the Koli/Sowore interview. |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by xrisdon(m): 10:04am On Feb 20, 2015 |
and so.......? |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by omenka(m): 10:06am On Feb 20, 2015 |
danot1030:He even forgot to add that in which Jonathan said in a news conference in Paris that he would build taller fences around the schools in Chibok to secure students from incessant attacks from terrorists. |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by omenka(m): 10:08am On Feb 20, 2015 |
@ 1toRtoiSe1. Edit your post to make it more legible. As it stands, everything appears too damn jumbled up. Thanks. |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Donphillopus: 10:08am On Feb 20, 2015 |
The earlier Gej shuts down sahara reporters the better Gej till 2019 |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by baybeeboi: 10:19am On Feb 20, 2015 |
and the source is Saharareporters. Well, trust FFK wit a response. GEJ till........... |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Change2015(m): 10:21am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Pdp, still unable to coordinate their lies! #change #GMB #APC |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Nobody: 10:30am On Feb 20, 2015 |
This is what is called politics...it is supposed to be a sincere thing not all about denial and lying |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Ayoakinkahunsi(m): 10:42am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Stick and carrot approach to politics huh |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Dannyset(m): 10:43am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Somebody should pls ask dis hungry Ashawo man if the Constitution supports using Soldiers for election. We know he is hungry, but we also know he is educated. As for Jona, let his cluelessness continue. He keep getting bursted by his supporters still. |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Nobody: 11:10am On Feb 20, 2015 |
Donphillopus:In your dream! |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by jorlons(m): 11:27am On Feb 20, 2015 |
PDP should @least try to be organized in their lies. I don't fancy this amateurish way they are handling these lies. It will only get messier as they keep denying. GMB/PYO is our choice for the next four years. |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by BERNIMOORE: 11:35am On Feb 20, 2015 |
“We have listened to the audio clip and counter response; There was no mention of the word 'rig' or 'rigging' neither was it mention in the alledged tape that 'welcome to the rigging meeting' or 'Guys our meeting here is purely to rig' so anything outside these ''primary-indicting-statements-not-mentioned-as-stated-in-the-quotes-here'' amounts to 'forcefull assertion and open the alledged 'audio meeting' to all sorts of forcefull assertions as 'imposition or fabrications' which amounts to nothing because the alledged audio lacked important substances that can stand court trials, it is filled with many holes, the army man has done a shabby job. Mr Fani-Kayode’s admission of the https://www.nairaland.com/2155260/ministerial-nominee-obanikoro-confesses-he Prior to admitting his involvement to the Senators, the former minister met with President Jonathan to discuss the tape and his role. A presidency source said Obanikoro told President Jonathan he was present at the meeting but that a part of the audio-recording was “doctored”. counter response; [size=14pt]part of the audio-recording was “doctored”[/size] this statement is yet to be denied till now, especially where Tinubu's name was alledgedly mentioned, sahara reporters 'refused to translate that part' and it was edited out fast the full conversation that actually culminate the mention of Tinubu in that alledged tape The alledged tape was Altered, ......[size=14pt]Alteration on result certificate...renders same(certificate) invalid![/size] the accused have the right to deny an invalid tape; as fabrication and unreal because of its 'invalid status' |
Re: Fani-kayode Counters President Jonathan, Says Ekiti Rigging Tape Authentic by Prisca0ge(f): 12:17pm On Feb 20, 2015 |
ZACHIE: Cluelessness on point and at its peak.. Madman with a lighter at fuel station |
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