New Leaked Documents Reveal Nigerian Army Board Of Inquiry Tried Capt. Koli For Exposing Ekiti Rigging

The panel called nine witnesses, including three from the 32nd Artillery Brigade, Captain Koli’s regiment. Copies of the findings and opinions were not part of the leaked documents, but were to be completed and submitted on August 14, 2014.

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New documents exclusively leaked to SaharaReporters authoritatively confirm that Brigadier General A.A. Momoh, the Commander of the 32nd Artillery Brigade, convened a Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate Captain Sagir Koli, the conscientious whistleblower who exposed the 2014 plan by which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rigged the Ekiti gubernatorial contest.

Koli discretely audio-taped a meeting between army officers and politicians on June 20 in Akure in the implementation of the plan, which returned Ayodele Fayose.

General Momoh was the senior army officer who allegedly acted on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff in the rigging plan. At least two of the politicians involved claimed on the tape to have been acting on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The new documents show that Brig. General Momoh convened the panel, in his words, “to investigate the circumstance that led Capt. SI Koli (N/12074) to abscond from his place of duty on 1 Aug 14 and still remain absent while deployed for security duty during the 2014 Osun State Gubernatorial Election.”

The BOI had six members, led by Col. D. Akama as chairman. General Momoh said it would sit at a date and time “to be determined by the president,” but it was not clear whether that meant President Jonathan, or what president he was referring to.

The panel called nine witnesses, including three from the 32nd Artillery Brigade, Captain Koli’s regiment. Copies of the findings and opinions were not part of the leaked documents, but were to be completed and submitted on August 14, 2014.

It has since emerged that Brig. General Momoh, at about the time that he convened the BOI, also authorized the illegal abduction and torture of Capt. Koli’s 15-year old younger brother, Adamu Koli.

In retaliation against his brother, the teenage Adamu was illegally detained, tortured, starved, and chained to a bed in the military hospital at Adekunle Fajuyi’s Cantonment (in Lagos?).

Capt. Koli told SaharaReporters in an exclusive Live interview on SaharaTV last Saturday that Brig. General Momoh’s objective of abducting and torturing the teenage Adamu was to lure him out of hiding. The captain has been in hiding since he first leaked the recordings.

SaharaReporters first released secret audio recordings, a sworn affidavit, and transcripts of the detailed plan to rig the election. Other key participants in the plan, and at the election-eve meeting in Akure, were: Senator Iyiola Omisore; the Minister for Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan; Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, who was at the time the Minister of State for Defence; and a man identified as Honorable Abdulkareem, who claimed to be a member of the National Assembly.

Capt. Koli, as one of the subordinates to Brig. General Momoh, accompanied the General to the meeting, during which the politicians bullied and ordered him around. They bribed him with a huge stash of cash and prospects of promotion if he made the election manipulation successful. Among others, he was to clamp down and arrest members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as grant privileges to members of the PDP involved in the rigging plan.

Capt. Koli’s audio recording revealed that Obanikoro was directed to attend the meeting on special assignment by President Jonathan, who wanted to make sure that the Ekiti race ended in a PDP victory. It also revealed, and other statements by Capt. Koli confirmed, that the Ekiti race was to be the blueprint for electoral manipulation in the Osun State gubernatorial contest that was to follow in 2014, and later for the 2015 general elections. It was in the course of that Osun State plan that General Momoh set up the BOI.

SaharaReporters has repeatedly contacted the presidency, as well as spokespersons for the army for reaction to our story, but they have yet to respond to our inquiries.

SaharaReporters has authoritatively learned that in order to stymie further discussions and stories relating to the exposed Ekiti rigging saga, President Jonathan has secretly funneled bribes to several editors, as well as radio and television station chiefs.

Observers say it is curious that neither the presidency nor any of the security authorities has taken up the Ekiti rigging situation with the outrage it deserves.

Meanwhile, one of the main culprits, former ambassador to Ghana Obanikoro, has been bragging about filing defamation lawsuits against a number of reporters and newspaper concerns, ostensibly to intimidate them. He is also quietly bribing members of the Nigerian Senate to approve his re-nomination by President Jonathan as Minister of state for Defense.

SaharaReporters, which broke the story, has certainly not been served.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/13/new-leaked-documents-reveal-nigerian-army-board-inquiry-tried-capt-koli-exposing-ekiti

I pledge to Nigeria my country, to remove Jonathan and Sambo through my vote. To be gentle, loyal on election day, to vote Buhari with all my strength, to protect my PVC and uphold no violence and trouble, so help me God ( Amin )

Who is advising President Jonathan?

Try him for what As a Nigerian it is his duty to reveal any offense against Nigerian and rigging an election is one

“I can confirm that the Senator [Obanikoro] has retained my firm to represent him in a possible lawsuit against Sahara Reporters,” Tacopina said via email on February 12, 2015. READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/384227-obanikoro-sues-sahara-reporters-and-others.html

'A possible lawsuit' has been given wings by steroid-addled TANoids

Chai, these folks at SR are real guerrilla reporters. Dem no send!

Meanwhile, one of the main culprits, former ambassador to Ghana Obanikoro, has been bragging about filing defamation lawsuits against a number of reporters and newspaper concerns, ostensibly to intimidate them. He is also quietly bribing members of the Nigerian Senate to approve his re-nomination by President Jonathan as Minister of state for Defense.

SaharaReporters, which broke the story, has certainly not been served.

ok

Ok. Drama Continue.

Board of inquiry letter

obanikoro and the rest are nt guilty,until proven guilty by a competent court of law,mere accusation and audio records cannot adequately be admitted as an evidence except after being subjected to forensic analysis and judicial trial.

yes let us see what will come out of this

Apc party of liars

AustineE1:
obanikoro and the rest are nt guilty,until proven guilty by a competent court of law,mere accusation and audio records cannot adequately be admitted as an evidence except after being subjected to forensic analysis and judicial trial.

The clueless FG is yet to react to this serious security breach and some people still want continuity , seems we have very low values.
same character is been presented as a minister and the president has not deem it fit to withraw his nomination until he clears his name, he truly doesn't give a damn.

bamidele029:
Try him for what As a Nigerian it is his duty to reveal any offense against Nigerian and rigging an election is one

Why is this so-called Capt Sagir on the run if he wants us to believe the veracity of his allegation?

Fayose won the election in Ekiti fair and square so what is APC as a party getting at?

This country is indeed a banana republic where anything goes.

All the actors in this episode should have been dismissed or suspended pending court action.

The head is truly rotten!!!

.Sahara report: we dont make jokes we just watch the government and report the fact
Obasanjo: i will stand by the truth even if it will cus my life.
Jega: there must be free, fair and credible election.
APC: we continue with the fact so nigerians will still see reason to vote our party.
PDP: we'll use force, propaganda, thugs, rig intimidate among others to make sure we continue steeling.
The powerful N igerians: we must change.
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In 2face voice ''No be small thing oo''

Capt Sagir took a very brave Step

. I pray God Protect his family


Nigerian Army = FG = PDP = Most Corrupt Political Party

If only we had a serious government, an enquiry about the Ekiti allegation would have been investigated and culpable parties sanctioned but if "stealing is not corruption", who am I to expect sanctions for anyone found guilty?

Captain Sagir. A true Nigerian. A patriotic Nigerian

Coud there be any difference btw this govn't and military rule?

Some1 dat is on sharareporters and apc payroll, wad do ya expect?

Their secret has been exposed already, PDP should drink water to it.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
Some1 dat is on sharareporters and apc payroll, wad do ya expect?

^^^Says the unconscionable.

Meanwhile apc they still watching

I maintain that obanikoro's court case antics are just hot air to distract from the gravity of the allegations,the evidence and the implications for all those so indicted by that incontrovertible audio tape.
This is not just about rigging but there is also a soddy proof that in Nigeria a civilian can give orders to a serving general in the armed forces and brag about influencing his promotion in the army.
For the sake of his carrier,I plead with general momah to come clean and save his carrier.He shd remember many agents are just waiting for buhari to ascend power before coming out blazing on all guns to expose and reverse all the illegitimate,corrupt and nauseating practices obtained under GEJ.
Even in the military and police,there are many officers who have grudges on how some got their promotions and can't wait to expose it all and bring such practices to a halt.
When the chips are down,the likes of obanikoro,Fayose and Caleb can afford to fight their lost causes in the law courts till they run out of funds and get convicted,but an army officer can be summarily dismissed for unprofessional conduct and treasonable charges without resort to a time consuming civil court process.
Kudos to sahara reporters and premiumtimes.Whenever koro becomes serious,an sure they are ready to meet him in a court of law and further expose him and his likes for the fraud they are.

SR I salute una oo
keep up the good work
Koro and Jona are bribing editors and senators....
I salute Punch for reporting it...

dustydee:
If only we had a serious government, an enquiry about the Ekiti allegation would have been investigated and culpable parties sanctioned but if "stealing is not corruption", who am I to expect sanctions for anyone found guilty?

am surprise that all of a sudden everyone in the opposition is seekng for justice in this case but same people are totally against any form of investigation and subsequent withdrawal of Buhari from presidential race,first for having lied under oath,forgery and failure to present an ordinary sch.cert!..didnt they say that 'what is good for the geese is also good for the gander'.if we must come to equity,we need clean hands!! nigeria i hail thee.

got it

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