How Obanikoro, Fayose, Chris Uba And
Brig. General Momoh Rigged Ekiti
Governorship Election In Collusion With
The Nigerian Army

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.

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