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How We Rigged Fayose Into Office – Ekiti PDP Secretary 


Secretary of the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Temitope Aluko on Sunday opened a can of worms as he gave an insider account of how the military was used to rig the 2014 Ekiti State governor election that Ayo Fayose won under PDP.

Aluko, who was the Chief Returning Officer and signed the results for the election, also disclosed how former President Goodluck Jonathan, gave Fayose $37 million cash to prosecute the governorship election.

The embattled Secretary of the Ekiti state chapter of PDP, made the disclosure in Abuja, stressed that he was forced to come forward with the revelations because Fayose betrayed him and derailed from the original plan they had for the development of the state.

Aluko had also testified in camera before the military panel that investigated the role of the military in the Ekiti election.

According to Aluko, who said he was part Fayose’s inner cycle during the election, alleged that Jonathan initially gave the incumbent Ekiti governor a first tranche of $2 million in March 2014 for the primary election. 

He noted that this cash was collected at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja and was taken to Fayose’s private house, in Abuja before it was moved to Ekiti.

“Immediately after the primary election, we collected. another $35 million from Jonathan on June 17, 2014. The money was brought to us by the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.

“We all assembled at the front office of Spotless Hotel, Ado Ekiti, owned by Fayose. Thereafter, the cash was taken to a Bureau De Change in Onitsha where it was converted to N4.7 billion”, Aluko added.

Aluko, further alleged that Fayose received about N3 billion cash from Sen. Buruji Kashamu in 2013 for revive the PDP in Ekiti State.

The Ekiti PDP scribe, also gave account on how the military was used to win the election.

Aluko said “the former President agreed with Fayose and summoned a security meeting at the Presidential Villa for the purpose of the election. 

“Those at the meeting were the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh; then Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Kenneth Minimmah; and former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.

“Others included Fayose, Senator Iyiola Omisore, then Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan and Obanikoro.

“At that meeting, the former President made it clear to the ex Chief of Defence Staff that Fayose would stand for him (as Commander-In-Chief) in terms of providing security for the election”.

Aluko alleged that Fayose, relying on Jonathan’s directive, approached the former Commander of the Army Brigade in Akure, Brig. Gen. Dikko to take charge of the election for the PDP, who refused to cooperate and was replaced after a petition was filed against him.

“But Gen. Dikko did not give us audience. He stated bluntly that he would not be available for such operation. So Fayose sponsored a petition against him which led to his replacement with Brig. Gen. Aliyu Momoh who was amenable to our plans”.

Aluko alleged that a total of 64 PDP stalwarts were picked, who had knowledge of their local governors were picked to help with information on opposition members. 

“They gave detailed information regarding names and locations of opposition members in all the local governments, the various routes, areas of strength and weaknesses of the PDP in the 16 local governments.

“Today, most of these 64 hatchet men are members of the Senate, House of Representatives, state House of Assembly, commissioners, local government chairmen, special advisers and the rest”, Aluko said.

He continued, “We went into the election with 1040 recognised soldiers and another batch of 400 unrecognised soldiers brought from Enugu by Sen. Andy Uba.

“In addition, we raised 44 special strike teams brought in Toyota Hilux buses from Abuja and Onistah. We made special stickers for the vehicles that conveyed members of the strike team and black hand bands for each of them.

“Each strike team was made up of 10 members headed by a soldier and comprising soldiers, policemen, DSS operatives and Civil Defence corps. They were detailed to attack and arrest prominent APC chieftains in all the local governments.

“We set up anchorage, mainly residential houses, in every local government where the strike team members collected their welfare and other allowances. 

“To encourage the strike team members, we gave them orders to share money and other valuables they could lay their hands on in the houses of APC chieftains they raided.

“Then we set up detention camps, mainly in primary schools where most of the APC chieftains were detained. Others were detained in police stations where the DPOs were friendly with us. We let them off after the election was over.

“A day to the election, we used the military to block all routes in the local governments and prevented APC chieftains, including former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi from coming into Ekiti.

“So we ensured that no APC chieftain was insight on election. We provided polling agents for the APC in most of the polling units so we had no problem getting them to sign election results in the units.

“All these local and foreign observers that described the election free and fair only witnessed the voting exercise on election day without knowing what transpired before the voting”.

Explains why he was coming up with the revelations, Aluko said  “Before the election, Fayose, Femi Bamishile and I jointly swore with the Holy Bible on a sharing formula after we must have won the election. We agreed that Fayose would be governor, Bamishile his deputy and I Chief of Staff.

“But the moment he got into office, Fayose reneged on the agreement and left me in the lurch. More worrisome is the fact that Fayose has derailed from the original Ekiti project we envisaged”.

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*I am stunned that Pa Olu Falae, Rasheed Ladoja et al through their political Parties got 100m each from the funds that was meant to arm our Armed Forces, how sad. But my joy is that not one of my Yoruba brothers has risen in defense of the duo, my Igbo and Hausa kindred should take a cue. We MUST unite and aggregate new moral margins for our Country.

*I am not troubled by the deafening decibel of partisans, I am thankful to God for giving us this moment, what we make of it is a collective, we either choose to right the wrongs, or to defend a sorry past by throwing partisan, regional, and or religious jibes. I have chosen to side with building a Nigeria where greed and graft is shamed and punished. What of you?

*Country First is not idealism but a raging reality that congregates a people at the parlour of patriotism. It takes the Estate to the level where public good is summum bonum. And puts service to all before self. Country First is responsible and responsive leadership defined. To PMB may it always be COUNTRY FIRST.

God Bless Nigeria.

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Madam where ware u wen GEJ, is distroying dis country. That u can call for his resignation then.

Very fuuny

Gospel According to Saint Fayose By Lere Olayinka
As a student of a missionary school, Roman Catholic Primary
School to be precise, I learnt early enough the story of Paul
Apostle . Saul, who later became Paul, was born around the same
time as Christ. He was sent to the Jewish school of learning at
Jerusalem to study law. After his studies, he returned to Tarsus but
soon after the death of Christ he returned to Jerusalem where
Christianity was becoming wide-spread. Saul was a key player in
the persecution of Christians. However, after his encounter with
Jesus Christ, on his way to Damascus to persecute some suspected
Christians, Saul became converted and this conversion changed the
course of his life.
In Ekiti , there is one Saul that is daily struggling to become Paul. In
the case of this Saul, he does not need an encounter with Jesus
Christ to become a born again because he is not out to preach the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, but that of politics. He won’t even become
anything close to Paul Apostle because his name was never Saul in
the first instance. He was Peter Ayodele Oluwayose , who later said
his father; Pastor John Oluwayose erred by replacing Ifa (god of
divination) in his name with Oluwa (God).
For over three years that Ayodele Fayose was the governor of Ekiti
State; he was everything but a democrat. Rule of law, free and fair
election, political tolerance and respect for traditional institution was
anathema to him. Those of us who dared him then had bitter tales
to tell. For instance, just because I was courageous enough to
expose his N1.4 billion poultry scam and other atrocities, using a
local newspaper, he (Fayose) obtained a warrant of arrest against
my good-self and made arrangement with ‘’boys” in the prison to
break my legs in detention. I escaped the arrest by whiskers. The
arrest warrant saga was confirmed to me by the judge, who signed
it. I had gone to the judge to sign a form, when he saw my name
and exclaimed; “this world is indeed a small place. I signed your
arrest warrant in 2005 but I thank God today because my
conscience is clear. I vacated the order a week after without letting
Fayose know about it.” The judge is still alive!
I was not the only one who tasted Fayose’s bitter pills. Others,
including the incumbent governor of Ekiti State , Engr. Segun Oni,
Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Navy Capt. Caleb
Olubolade (rtd.), Chief Idowu Odeyemi, Senator Bode Olowoporoku,
Chief Ojo Falegan, Chief George Femi-Ojo, Taiye Fasuba, Surveyor
Abiodun Aluko, Chief Afe Babalola, Chief Kunle Ogunlade, Femi
Falana former governors Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Adeniyi Adebayo and
Segun Osoba had more mind burgling stories to tell too.
Fayose wagged war against anyone he perceived as a threat to his
hold on power. Even his own siblings were not left out. Ask Bimpe
and Emmanuel, they sure still remember what they went through in
the hands of Fayose, their own brother.
In Fayose’s days as governor, there was nothing like free and fair
election in his electoral dictionary. Elections to him must be won by
whatever means possible and that he demonstrated during the 2004
local government elections in the State, May 28, 2005 councillorship
bye-election in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti South Federal Constituency II bye-
election among others.
Interestingly, the local council elections were conducted the State
Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), members of which were
appointed by Fayose himself.
In the case of the local government elections in Ekiti South West
Local Government, which was held on April 3, 2004, Senator
Olowoporoku, whose wife, Anike was the All Nigerian Peoples Party
(ANPP) candidate gave the following account; “By the midnight of
2nd April, 2004 we heard that soldiers had invaded Iyin Ekiti, the
home of ex-Governor Adeniyi Adebayo and had put Governor Bola
Tinubu of Lagos State and Ex-Governors Osoba of Ogun State and
Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti State under arrest of no movement in and out
of the compound in a state of incommunicado.
“By about 9.00 a.m, people were ready to go and cast their ballots
despite the war songs of the armed forces all over the town
throughout the night. Their resolve was to go and vote in spite of
the reported heavy presence of soldiers and mobile policemen in the
town. Several people were on the queue to vote by 10.30a.m when
Mr. Ayo Fayose suddenly emerged in sleeveless shirt and knickers
with a terrifying sword and also in convoy of about 80 vehicles. His
eyes were red like a monster who has just finished drinking blood.
Soldiers and "kill and go" (mobile policemen) in hundreds started
shooting into the air, asking everybody to run for their dear lives.
People ran away, any presiding officers or agents whether of PDP or
AD or ANPP or NCP who attempted to protect the ballot boxes were
beaten to state of coma or in a number of extreme cases, they were
shot in the legs.
“In a rage and something more than madness, the governor Mr. Ayo
Fayose was overheard shouting "where is Bode Olowoporoku, I
want to kill him, I have immunity for eight years as Governor of Ekiti
State.”
Olowoporoku’s account was corroborated by the reports in various
national dailies on Sunday, April 4, 2004. Sunday Punch captioned it
thus; “LG bye-election; Soldiers, mobile policemen invade Ekiti. Govt
officials hijack ballot boxes.
The News Magazine, in its April 5, 2004 edition captioned Fayose’s
reign of terror thus; “The Power Drunk Governor; How Fayose’s men
murdered students. His style shocks the nation.
But if Fayose’s show of madness on April 2 and 3, 2004 actually
shocked the nation as reported by The News Magazine, what he did
on May 28, 2005 must have sent the whole country into a coma.
Sensing that his preferred candidate was losing the Ifaki Ward II
councillorship bye-election, Fayose stormed the town with thugs
and mobile policemen and in a twinkling of an eye, Tunde Omojola,
an in-law to Hon. Labaika Suleiman, the National Conscience Party
(NCP) candidate in the election had been killed. His murder was
allegedly supervised by Fayose.
Not done with the Ifaki escapade, Fayose moved to Mugbagba, Ado-
Ekiti where the Alliance for Democracy (AD) was inaugurating its
Ado Local Government Executives. Fayose was personally involved
in the smashing of vehicle windscreens and stealing of properties,
including raw cash kept in the vehicles.
However, funny how times flies, Fayose, after inflicting electoral
injuries on the psyche of Ekiti people now mounts the podium,
preaching against election rigging. Saint Fayose now goes about
preaching rule of law, good governance, free and fair elections. He
wants to be seen as a Saul who has giving up his persecution of
Christians and turned to Paul.
Yesterday, I read in the papers, Fayose, who used to refer to himself
as the “master rigger” calling on voters to protect their votes and
resist rigging in next year’s elections. In other words, Saint Fayose,
who spearheaded the rigging of elections and unprecedented
electoral violence when he was governor, now, wants the 2011
election, which he hopes to contest to be free and fair!
But he (Fayose) surely needs more than mere press statements. For
him to be seen as a Saul who has turned to Paul, Fayose must show
penitence. He must visit the families of Tunde Omojola, Dr. Ayo
Daramola, nine students of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti
killed during a mere protest, the likes of Aseweje, Ben Ogundana,
Dapo Osunniyi, Kamoru Folorunso, Ojo Sunday and several others
that were visited with terror during the 2004 local council polls in
Ilawe, Ogotun and Igbara-Odo to seek amnesty.
Most importantly too, Fayose must go on his bended kneels in front
of the entire congregation of the Emmanuel Anglican Cathedral,
Okesa, Ado-Ekiti, whose church’s two entrance gates he blocked
with sand, gravel and gutter, deliberate dug in front of the church
just because Chief Ojo Falegan, his perceived opponent worshipped
in the church.
Honestly, like Paul Apostle, Fayose can be admitted into the club of
sainthood; after all, our Lord is a forgiving God. But he must be
ready to show repentance by confessing that he once rigged
elections, perpetrated electoral violence and persecuted opposition
politicians. Until then, his quest for sainthood, by preaching free and
fair elections will remain in the dustbin of morality.
Olayinka, a journalist writes from Ado-Ekiti

APC seems to be leading going by the available results declared so far:

Ogori Mangongo LGA---APC 2321, PDP 1934 Adavi LGA---APC 22659, PDP 7,767 Okehi LGA---APC 17,801. PDP 5808 Yagba West LGA---APC 6231 , PDP. 6639 Igalamela-Odolu LGA--- APC 6075 , PDP 7285 Idah LGA--- APC 10445 , 6113 Mopa/Moro LGA -APC 3881 , PDP 2793 Bassa LGA--- APC 7412 , PDP 9964 Dekina LGA ----APC 18189 , PDP 13885 Kabba BUNU--- APC 8737. PDP 9009 Ibaji---APC 6076 , PDP 13358 Kogi LGA--APC 15358 , PDP 2735 Olamaboro LGA---APC 10419. , PDP 7788 Ofu LGA ---APC 12998. , PDP 9204 Ajaokuta----APC 12197. , PDP 8139 Omala----APC 7378. , PDP 7857 Lokoja---APC 24658. , PDP 5112 Yagba East---APC 7013. , PDP 3856 Ankpa---APC 21806. , PDP 10742 Okene---APC 34293 , PDP 3728 Ijumu LGA---APC 8904, PDP 6271 TOTAL --- APC 264, 851 Votes. , PDP 136, 629 Votes

Help us wit eyewitness, unbiase information pls, do away wit party ad tribal sentiment. Thanks as d informations ad debate flows.

Help us on eyewitness unbiase information pls, do away wit party ad tribal sentiment. Thanks as d informations ad debate flows.

Keep on d gud work guys. We are winning d war gainst terrorist.

The CBN under current Governor
Godwin Emefiele in August directed
the company to refund monies
deducted as professing fees when it
discovered that over N8 billion was
collected.
The letter to the President dated
November 6, 2015 and signed by the
Managing Director of System Specs,
Mr. John Obaro, reads in part:
“Your Excellency, we are aware that
you must have heard series of
reports around the 1% processing
fees chargeable on e-Collections of
Government receipts. We will like to
provide some background on these
issues sir.
“System Specs was engaged to
provide the Payment Gateway for TSA
in 2011. While the payment leg of
TSA commenced in January 2012, the
collection component did not start
as scheduled due to the resistance
from a number of quarters and the
absence of the political will to push
this through.
“In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a
multi-stakeholder implementation
committee and organised a joint
seminar with key stakeholders,
including banks, to agree formalities
for commencement of e-collection.
“The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to
compensate for the fact that they
would no longer keep float.
“The implementation committee
however recommended 2.5% after
negotiation with the banks.
“The then AGF later approved 1% as
processing fee, which was in turn
communicated to all the
stakeholders through CBN in
December 2013. Subsequently, we
executed a contract with CBN and
other stakeholders involved on the
provision of services to support TSA.
“Based on the increased scope of the
TSA project, following your directive
in August 2015 for all MDAs to join
the scheme, we had highlighted the
need for a stakeholder meeting to
discuss the TSA e-collection fees.
This was communicated to both CBN
and OAGF.
“Instead of an invitation for a
stakeholders meeting as requested,
we received a directive from the CBN
Governor to refund all TSA e-
collection fees earned to date and to
suspend all charges on the platform.
“System Specs has since complied
fully with this directive and refunded
all monies earned to date to CBN.
This we did in good faith and
without prejudice to avoid
distractions that could becloud the
bigger potential of the TSA project
for our country.
“While we await clarification from
OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we
have since suspended all TSA e
collection fees on the platform. This
means that none of the TSA
collection parties/channels are
earning any fees for providing
services to Government.
“This position is however not
sustainable as the collection partner
banks are threatening to suspend
FGN TSA collections. This would
clearly be playing into the hands of
those who do not wish this initiative
to succeed.
“We understand the strategic
importance of the TSA project to this
administration and the country at
large. We have demonstrated good
faith and continued commitment to
the project in the last four years to
deliver on our mandate.
“We will continue to do all within
our power to bring the project to
full term.
“Your Excellency, we would
appreciate your kind and urgent
intervention to ensure a speedy
resolution of this matter before the
banks stop collections.”

Nawa ooooo, dis people has really ranout of propaganda. So u are dis dull....

Rest in peace mama

The CBN under current Governor
Godwin Emefiele in August directed
the company to refund monies
deducted as professing fees when it
discovered that over N8 billion was
collected.
The letter to the President dated
November 6, 2015 and signed by the
Managing Director of System Specs,
Mr. John Obaro, reads in part:
“Your Excellency, we are aware that
you must have heard series of
reports around the 1% processing
fees chargeable on e-Collections of
Government receipts. We will like to
provide some background on these
issues sir.
“System Specs was engaged to
provide the Payment Gateway for TSA
in 2011. While the payment leg of
TSA commenced in January 2012, the
collection component did not start
as scheduled due to the resistance
from a number of quarters and the
absence of the political will to push
this through.
“In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a
multi-stakeholder implementation
committee and organised a joint
seminar with key stakeholders,
including banks, to agree formalities
for commencement of e-collection.
“The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to
compensate for the fact that they
would no longer keep float.
“The implementation committee
however recommended 2.5% after
negotiation with the banks.
“The then AGF later approved 1% as
processing fee, which was in turn
communicated to all the
stakeholders through CBN in
December 2013. Subsequently, we
executed a contract with CBN and
other stakeholders involved on the
provision of services to support TSA.
“Based on the increased scope of the
TSA project, following your directive
in August 2015 for all MDAs to join
the scheme, we had highlighted the
need for a stakeholder meeting to
discuss the TSA e-collection fees.
This was communicated to both CBN
and OAGF.
“Instead of an invitation for a
stakeholders meeting as requested,
we received a directive from the CBN
Governor to refund all TSA e-
collection fees earned to date and to
suspend all charges on the platform.
“System Specs has since complied
fully with this directive and refunded
all monies earned to date to CBN.
This we did in good faith and
without prejudice to avoid
distractions that could becloud the
bigger potential of the TSA project
for our country.
“While we await clarification from
OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we
have since suspended all TSA e
collection fees on the platform. This
means that none of the TSA
collection parties/channels are
earning any fees for providing
services to Government.
“This position is however not
sustainable as the collection partner
banks are threatening to suspend
FGN TSA collections. This would
clearly be playing into the hands of
those who do not wish this initiative
to succeed.
“We understand the strategic
importance of the TSA project to this
administration and the country at
large. We have demonstrated good
faith and continued commitment to
the project in the last four years to
deliver on our mandate.
“We will continue to do all within
our power to bring the project to
full term.
“Your Excellency, we would
appreciate your kind and urgent
intervention to ensure a speedy
resolution of this matter before the
banks stop collections.”

I need like #150000, and I will be paying bk #20000 every month. Pls where ad how can I get dis assistances.

Musyus:
Can you tell me the exact location of your farm settlement and the price you are selling your cassava. I can be reached on my mobile phone numbers for further business discussion 08182149281 08039652956 07085379901 or better still via my e-mail address: phatyus79@gmail.com because, i have many buyers of cassava and if the price is okay by me we can be in business together.

is ok I will get bk to u on your mobile.

Pls am a fresh graduate,ad am plaing to go into cassava, but am lukin for our to get finances, though av try bank,I was told dat I must av bank wit dem for six month,ad also av 10% of any amount I want to loan. So pls hwcan I get easy agric financial assistances. Thanks.

Wat about cassava?

Is real av been there, to see it for my self. Ad av desided to join.

Hello a friend of my hav some tone of cassava he want to sell so any intressted buyer sholud contact, cornerstone2021@yahoo.com. Or call 08167244693.or u can link me up with prospective buyers. Thanks.

can't u guys campaign on issues. The more u are going dis part d more u are creating simperty for GMB, cous u guys are not helping mr president at all.

I can imagine is buhari result dat mak naira to drop to$208 per #, is d buhari result dat cous us to me losing thousands of our oil to bonkry every day, is buhari result dat mak d federal gov nt to av found d missing girls, vlose to 300days nw, is d buhari result dat as nt mak our president to deliver third niger brige after using it to campaign after over four years, is buhari certificate, dat cous unemployment, dis same result as also lead to high number of crruption in d country, dis result must be powerful, I need it. Wat a fool are we in dis country, God bless 9ja.

Am using this medium to beg every one of us to pls tak things easy ooooo. Ee font av any other country we can call ours ooo. Am sure Mr president ad Gmb be too are nt finding any plesure in all dis violence .

Come to think of it what are d population of eligible voters in d owe of south east talk of lagos, let be reasonable I beg.

[quote author=moneybag100 post=29997285]Abo.k!18;='is deceiving jona since 1900. Wait february 12 and you will see massive defections so there will be secret campaign for feb 14.[/qquotezjo7=##;+_!41-;?7=+!--_7;#;7

We are waiting Mr president, though my mind ad been made up for you wit or without ur explanation. GMB.

Pls how can I access loan to start, cassava plantation.

Pls how, and where can get access to loan, to start up cassava plantation. This my email, cornerstone2021@yahoo.com pls I realy need this information.

How can I go into a minin cassava farming. Pls I don't have capital cous am a young graduate. But I fall in lov with farming. Pls advice me what can I do, or how should I go about it thanks,and God Bless you.

How do we go abt it pls.