SaharaReporters has obtained a
copy of a confidential document
prepared by the Goodluck
Jonathan/ Sambo presidential
campaign organization as a
roadmap for rigging next year ’s
presidential election.
“The document has exposed the
underbelly of the ruling party’s
plan to thwart Nigerians’
aspirations to have free and fair
elections, ” said a democratic
activist who was shown excerpts
from the plan.
Mr. Mike Omeri, the director of
Research, Planning and Strategy in
the Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo
Organization, prepared the
document, a veritable rigging
manual.   Of equal interest is that
Mr. Omeri was seconded from the
Office of the Senate President,
David Mark, to help with
Jonathan's campaign.  It illustrates
the dangerous collusion between
the executive and the legislative
arms of the government.
The document details an elaborate
formula for the Jonathan
campaign to undermine members
of the opposition, compromise
pro-democracy NGOs, religious
leaders, electoral officials, the
police as well as other security
agencies.
Mr. Jonathan is embroiled in a
surprisingly tough presidential
primary against former Vice
President Abubakar Atiku. Despite
Mr. Atiku ’s sleazy image and
reputation for corruption, he has
remained competitive against
Jonathan who is widely perceived
as an inept leader who is as
steeped in corruption as his
primary opponent.
The document also sets out a plan
to target and further tarnish Mr.
Atiku ’s “image.” The document
tags Atiku as "Mr. Fox" and lays
out a plan to exploit his image as a
money launderer to the
advantage of the Jonathan
campaign.
The document also lists PDP
operatives in each zone of the
federation, explaining how they
would be deployed to beat Atiku
in the primaries. Part of the
document focuses on how to shut
down Atiku's Intels business in
Nigeria as a means of weakening
his business interests and access
to campaign cash.
In a worrisome development, the
document also lists the names of
top journalists described as
"friendly" to the Jonathan
campaign. It defines how the
campaign hopes to use them to
create a favorable buzz for
Jonathan in the media. Among
those named as friendly
journalists are Ray Ekpu of
Newswatch and Reuben Abati,
chairman of the Guardian editorial
board. The document also lists
other journalists who must be
kept on board with appropriate
patronage from the Jonathan
administration.
The document also identifies the
Nigerian police as a source of
mercenaries for doing the bidding
of the president to rig party
primaries. It details a plan to
transfer police officers of uncertain
loyalty from the posts and to send
more sympathetic officers to states
where support for Jonathan is
questionable.
When SaharaReporters contacted
Mr. Omeri earlier today about the
document, he promised to speak
to us about it some in 30 minutes,
stating that he was about to enter
a church for the Christmas service.
But he never called back nor did
he respond to our text messages.
However, Mr. Omeri has since
issued a press release to the local
media describing the document as
“ badly cloned” by the Atiku
campaign organization.
Our investigations revealed that
Mr. Omeri and his team actually
authored the document, but a
mole in their office turned it over
to the Atiku campaign
organization. Saharareporters has
learned that the Atiku campaign
then showed the document to
several Western diplomats as well
as foreign and local media
organization
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