₦airaland Forum

Contrary to earlier denials, embattled ministerial
nominee, Musiliu Obanikoro, has confessed to
several Senators in Abuja that he did participate in
an election-eve meeting in Ekiti in June 2014 in
which a group of politicians and government
ministers met with a Nigerian army general to rig
the governorship election in favor of Ayodele
Fayose, the candidate of the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP).
The meeting, which is now known as “Ekitigate”,
was secretly taped by an army captain who was
subsequently forced to flee for his life.
Despite the scandal, President Jonathan went
ahead to nominate Obanikoro into his cabinet for
the second time, and the nominee is lobbying the
Senators to give him a pass during his upcoming
nomination hearing. It is in the process that he
has confessed to some of them that he was
indeed present at the rigging meeting in Akure, on
behalf of the President, to ensure that everything
went smoothly.
Obanikoro’s story is that he was simply making
“peace” between the army and Ayo Fayose at the
meeting, claiming that he was not party to any
conversation about rigging. On the contrary,
Obanikoro, who was at the time junior Minister for
Defence, is overheard clearly on the tape bragging
about the authority granted him by President
Jonathan.
Prior to admitting his involvement to the
Senators, the former minister met with President
Jonathan to discuss the tape and his role. A
presidency source said Obanikoro told President
Jonathan he was present at the meeting but that a
part of the audio-recording was “doctored”.
They said President Jonathan had called him to
the meeting to discuss how to mitigate the
damage created by the leaked tape. He told the
Senators categorically that it was Jonathan
himself who had sent him to Ekiti to help Fayose
win the election. On the tape, Obanikoro says, at
least twice, that he is on a “mission” for the
President.
He also reportedly told President Jonathan at their
meeting that he had asked his US-based lawyers
to do a separate voice analysis of the tape and
that the lawyers came back with “proof” that
certain aspects of the tape had been doctored by
SaharaReporters to make the regime look bad.
Counting on that assurance, President Jonathan
told a team of reporters from the Wall Street
Journal during an interview that the tapes were
not real and that he would not investigate the
incident.
Obanikoro also told President Jonathan that his
US-based lawyers had assured him that they
could file some cases against SaharaReporters in
the US to “teach SaharaReporters and its
publisher, Omoyele Sowore” a lesson. He
explained to the president that with enough
financial support, his lawyers would file the case
and also employ private detectives to take down
SaharaReporters. President Jonathan reportedly
nodded at the idea, and asked Obanikoro not to
worry.
Following that meeting, the former Minister began
a series of legal threats last week claiming to
have sued SaharaReporters, as well as The Punch
newspaper and Premium Times, both in Lagos.
Up until now, those newspapers are yet to be
served copies of the lawsuit.
On Tuesday night, Obanikoro, who is also a US
citizen, assured some of the Senators that his US
lawyers had already filed the libel suit against
SaharaReporters in New York.
On Wednesday, Obanikoro deployed a small
rented a crowd of protesters to hold placards in
front of the National Assembly to denounce the All
Progressives Congress.
It is to be noted that two other key participants at
the meeting, Police Minister Jelili Adesiyan and
Ayo Fayose, the beneficiary of the Ekiti
governorship rigging, have admitted that they
were at the meeting that was taped by the army
captain.
For Obanikoro’s role in the rigging of the election,
APC has advocated his being banned from holding
any public office, and asked the Senate not to
confirm him. Mr. Jonathan is known to have re-
nominated Obanikor as his prize for stepping
down from the PDP governorship race in Lagos.

saharareporters.com/2015/02/18/ministerial-nominee-obanikoro-confesses-he-was-ekiti-rigging-meeting-says-jonathan-sent

So he confessed

Soon GEJ will Confess too

tola9ja:
jonathan the real sponsor of boko haram

evidence-: presidential media

journalist-: did you think the abducted chibok girls will return alive

jonathan-: of course we'll recover them alive THERE IS NO PLAN TO KILL THE GIRLS

HE MISTAKENLY REVEAL THE PLAN THEY MAKE SECRETLY





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpZmGtSvbLk

Kai, everybody don see GEJ finish. Upon all Obanikoro guilt, he wan still scam GEJ. Take a look at the bolded and convince me say non be office he wan open for GEJ head.

sultan457:
He
explained to the president that with enough
financial support, his lawyers would file the case
and also employ private detectives to take down
SaharaReporters.
saharareporters.com/2015/02/18/ministerial-nominee-obanikoro-confesses-he-was-ekiti-rigging-meeting-says-jonathan-sent

9jatriot:
Kai, everybody don see GEJ finish. Upon all Obanikoro guilt, he wan still scam GEJ. Take a look at the bolded and convince me say non be office he wan open for GEJ head.

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One by one.... They are confessing. Remains Mr cluel***

God is truly a Nigerian for this revelation to be showing his ugly head now especially during this election period. God will expose other enemies of the people in and outside this government in order to enable the power return back to the people. However, in a sane environment people like Koro and GEJ should be probed for treason.

CHANGE is imminent, vote wisely vote for change come March 2015 !!!