Legal luminary and owner of Afe Babalola
University in Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has
teamed up with Governor Ayodele Fayose
in shopping for a willing judge to grant a
perpetual injunction to stop the federal
government from prosecuting persons indicted
in the rigging of the gubernatorial election that
brought Fayose back to power in 2014.
The infamous rigging of that election, which
came to be known as “Ekitigate” and also
involved money laundering of over $50million,
was exposed when a secret audio recording by
a courageous army captain, Sagir Koli, was
published by SaharaReporters.
Since the expose, the Nigerian army has
undertaken a series of probes which indicted
several military officers and some civilians who
collaborated in the criminal rigging. Just a
couple of weeks ago, the army purged its
leading officer who was involved, Brigadier
General Momoh.
SaharaReporters learnt that since he was kicked
out of the army, the office of the Attorney
General of the Federation and several security
agencies have been working to arrest and
prosecute those involved in the electoral heist.
The list includes a former junior Minister of
Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who handled
transfers of huge sums of monies using his
son’s business account.
Mr. Obanikoro is currently on the run. He
resides in Georgia, in the United States, where
he claims to be studying.
SaharaReporters learnt that Governor Fayose is
panicked and worried that if all those involved
are prosecuted, he could be taken down
because the Supreme Court could be asked to
review the judgement that claims his election
into office was free and fair.
With that in mind, he ran to Chief Babalola, who
deployed his contacts within the judiciary to
help Fayose secure a permanent order to stop
the federal government from carrying out
related arrests and prosecution.
Already, one case has been filed before Justice
Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Ado-
Ekiti, seeking such an order to stop the federal
government.
Justice Taiwo is reportedly under intense
pressure to grant the order on Wednesday this
week.
The case was filed by the State’s Attorney
General, Owoseni Ajayi, who last week wrote to
the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF),
Abubakar Malami, asserting that the AGF has no
right to try anyone involved in the electoral
crime in the state.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/18/afe-babalola-and-gov-fayose-shopping-injunction-stop-election-rigging-probe

Ok

This is good. To reduce the Emotional Powers of the Federal Government in all areas of our life is good for Democracy.