The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party has distanced itself from the ongoing
controversy over the Ekiti rigging tape in which
some senior members of the party were heard
planning how to rig the governorship election
held in the state on June 16 last year.
In the recording, Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele
Fayose; a former Minister of State for Defence,
Musiliu Obanikore Obanikoro, former Senator
Iyiola Omisore and other individuals were heard
discussing with a serving Brigadier General of
the Nigerian Army, Aliyu Momoh, on how to use
the military to rig the election in the state.
Most of the actors involved in the saga admitted
there was a meeting, but they all denied that
rigging was discussed.
In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES,
the spokesperson of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, said
those mentioned in the scandal did not carry out
the alleged rigging scheme on behalf of the
party.
He said the party does not want to get involved
in the controversy triggered by the leaked
recording and would rather prefer that those
mentioned in connection with the matter
respond individually.
He said the PDP as a party has never requested
anyone to rig on its behalf and will never be
engaged in electoral malpractices.
“Any tape whether real or imaginary can be
concocted in this digital world; we don’t know
what is real and what is not,” Mr Metuh said. “I
also believe that the actors in their personal
capacity will be able to talk about what really
happened.
“As a political party, we have never engaged in
planning or getting involved in any conspiracy
to rig elections or alter the will of the
people,” Mr. Metuh said.
He also said the party has so far demonstrated
maturity in elections held in the last two years.
Mr. Metuh admitted that he had not listened to the recording but
wondered whether the tape was even authentic at all.
“We had elections in five states in the last two years, PDP won in
only one state; how comes its just that one that we won, that a
tape is suddenly surfacing to say we planned rigging.
“Why did we not plan rigging in Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Osun?
How comes the only one that we won is the one they want to
tarnish? It is a calculated attempt to sway the minds of Nigerians
that the PDP is not capable of winning in a free and fair election.
“Our people are even raising the fact that we were rigged out in
Osun; but we are not engaged in propaganda, we are not engaged
in manufacturing tapes, We won election in Ekiti state because of
the love of our party, and the massive support that our
gubernatorial candidate, Ayo Fayose, enjoys in the entire state.
The PDP spokesperson said the Ekiti tape saga is just another
propaganda by the APC, saying if the APC is sure of the
authenticity of the tape, it should approach the law courts to seek
redress.
” In this era of campaign, where you have a lot of propaganda,
anybody with any concrete evidence can go to either the law
enforcement agencies or the law courts to seek redress.
“For us, we are more involved in the campaign than propaganda;
our first thought actually is that it is simply just propaganda, it is
only the court that can decide if on the matter of Ekiti election,
just like the tribunal and court of appeal have decided. If they
think there is fresh evidence, they can go to court,” he said.

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This is a very smart move by the PDP.From the President's initial assumption that the tape"is a fabrication" to DSS's alleged "we need capt. Koli to assist us with investigation and confirmation "and today's 'my hands no dey there o' by the PDP; this Ekiti leaked tape scandal keeps getting messier. They keep forgetting that the mentioning of the president's name as an active participant in the subversion of the nation's democratic exercise has a far-reaching consequence on the party and the nation at large. I just hope someone gives this case the serious attention it truly deserves before we go into the major polls from 28March.
It's really not fair on the electorates at all.

Source: premiumtimes ... Humm i don't belief their news totally until the support it with audio or video or just a picture of the press briefing....

Seems they are trying to score some cheap point and traffic

Sahara reporters and leadership newspaper... I will never believe them again even after the election. They are both cheap point scorers

God bless Gej
Long live PDP
#GejTill2019
Happy new month y'all