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The All Progressives Congress has described as unacceptable the excuse offered by President Goodluck Jonathan for not investigating the tape in which some Peoples Democratic Party leaders were purportedly giving orders to a general to help in rigging the June 21, 2014 Ekiti governorship elections.

Jonathan had said last week that security agencies could not investigate the tape because the soldier who recorded the incident, Capt. Sagir Koli, had fled the country.

However, the APC in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President was wrong to have said the audio tape had not been investigated because the army captain who leaked it had not come forward to authenticate it.

It wondered whether the President would have said the same thing if it was the voices of the APC chieftains that were involved in the illegal act.

The APC said the security agencies need no prodding or even a presidential directive to launch an investigation into a weighty issue that amounts to a subversion of democracy.

It said, Some people were found to be undermining democracy using a powerful national institution like the military, and all the President could say is that there will be no investigation until the officer who secretly recorded the tape has come forward to authenticate it. What a disingenuous argument!

Is the President not aware that Capt. Sagir Koli, who recorded the tape, went into hiding because his life is in danger? Is the President not aware of the fate that befell Capt. Kolis 15-year-old younger brother who was arrested and tortured at a military facility in Ibadan over the issue?

Does the President not appreciate the patriotism which the officer exhibited by exposing those who criminally subverted democracy?

The APC queried basis the President declared the audio tape a fabrication when he had now confessed that he had not even listened to it, and when almost all those who were at the rigging meeting, such as the then Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan; and Senator Iyiola Omisore, had confirmed that they attended the meeting.

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National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed | credits: File copy

The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday described President Goodluck Jonathans reason for the delay in probing the Ekiti rigging audio tape as untenable and an after-thought.

The APC said the Presidents waffling on the issue showed that he might have something to hide.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in London, the opposition party said the President was wrong to have said the rigging audio tape had not been investigated because the army captain who leaked it had not come forward to authenticate it.

The statement party read, Some people were found to be undermining democracy using a powerful national institution like the military, and all the President could say is that there will be no investigation until the officer who secretly recorded the tape has come forward to authenticate it. What a disingenuous argument.

Is the President not aware that Capt. Sagir Koli, who recorded the tape, went into hiding because his life was in danger?

Is the President not aware of the fate that befell Capt. Kolis 15-year-old younger brother who was arrested and tortured at a military facility in Ibadan over the issue?

Does the President not appreciate the patriotism which the officer exhibited by exposing those who criminally subverted democracy?

The party queried the basis on which the President declared the audio tape a fabrication when he had not listened to it, and when almost all those who were at the rigging meeting, including ex-Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Governor Ayodele Fayose; ex-minister, Jelili Adesiyan; and the Osun PDP governorship candidate, Iyiola Omisore, had owned up to attending the meeting.

Obanikoro invoked the Presidents name, saying he sent him to clinch victory for the PDP in the Ekiti governorship election.

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The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has challenged Governor Ayodele Fayose to explain to Nigerians why he imported men in Army uniform, suspected to be thugs, into his country home in Afao Ekiti onTuesday night.

The opposition party, which said the action of the governor might not be unconnected with his insistence that soldiers must be deployed to rig the forthcoming general elections, also challenged him to explain the roles of the young men in Ekiti.

A statement by the stateAPC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, on Wednesday, said Nigerians must know why these young men were stealthily imported to Afao-Ekiti at night.

Olatubosun recalled that the party had earlier raised the alarm over the sowing of fake military uniforms for thugs to impersonate security personnel to enable them to rig elections.

He said the governors alleged rigging plan had manifested in some Oodua Peoples Congress members in military uniforms, operating as task force officials that had been terrorising the opponents in recent times.

Olatubosun said, Last nights importation of young men in six 18-seater buses to Afao-Ekiti home of the governor is a clear confirmation of our fear that Fayose means business as he has been boasting around that the presidential election will be a do-or-die affair.

We were monitoring these young men from Ibadan yesterday evening. They were brought in a luxury bus parked under the bridge at Iwo Road, Ibadan, where the men in charge were looking for smaller buses to convey these young men to Ekiti. The conditions for their hiring included that they must know Ekiti State terrain and Afao-Ekiti in particular.

The six buses left Ibadan late in the evening and arrived Afao-Ekiti at exactly9.15pmand the men disembarked in front of the governors house. What gave them away was the discovery of Army uniforms in their bags when they opened their bags to buy hot drinks and akara from road hawkers inside the bumps at Ikire.

But Fayose said the party was onlyraising an unnecessary alarm because there were no soldiers being kept at Afao as the party alleged.

The governor, in a reaction by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said, Election has not come; we have about 34 days to the election. What will that number of soldiers be doing in Ekiti when we are not in election period?

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The All Progressives Congress has described as untenable and an after-thought the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan as the reason why the Ekiti rigging audio tape has not been investigated, accusing the President of having something to hide on the issue.

In a statement in London on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the President was wrong to have said the rigging audio tape had not been investigated because the army captain, who leaked it, had not come forward to authenticate it.

It wondered whether the President would have toed the same line if the tape had revealed that the APC colluded with the military to rig the Ekiti election in favour of the APC candidate.

APC said the security agencies need no prodding or even a presidential directive to launch an investigation into a weighty issue that amounts to a subversion of democracy.

Some people were found to be undermining democracy using a powerful national institution like the military, and all the President could say is that there will be no investigation until the officer who secretly recorded the tape has come forward to authenticate it. What a disingenuous argument!

Is the President not aware that Capt. Sagir Koli, who recorded the tape, went into hiding because his life was in danger? Is the President not aware of the fate that befell Capt. Kolis 15-year-old younger brother who was arrested and tortured at a military facility in Ibadan over the issue? Does the President not appreciate the patriotism which the officer exhibited by exposing those who criminally subverted democracy? the party queried.

It wondered on what basis the President declared the audio tape a fabrication when he has now confessed that he has not even listened to it, and when almost all those who were at the rigging meeting, including Musiliu Obanikoro, Ayodele Fayose, Jelili Adesiyan and Iyiola Omisore, have now owned up to attending the meeting.

Unless President Jonathan is afraid of what an investigation into the tape may reveal, he should be in the forefront of those calling for an investigation. This is because, according to the major players in the rigging tape, the Ekiti rigging assignment was done expressly in the name of the President.

Obanikoro invoked the Presidents name, saying he sent him to clinch victory for the PDP in the Ekiti governorship election. Unless the statement made by Obanikoro is true, the President has no business seeking to delay, even for one day, the investigation into the very serious allegations contained in the tape. The presence of Capt. Koli is not a necessary pre-condition for an investigation into the rigging allegation.

We are therefore repeating our call for an urgent investigation of the Ekiti rigging audio and at the same time demanding that all those who are found to have willfully subverted democracy be tried for treason. For the avoidance of doubt, no matter how long it takes, we will ensure that all those involved in the Ekiti show of shame are brought to justice, APC said.

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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Famoodun, has said the party is presenting Maj.- Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as its Presidential candidate because of his integrity and due to the fact that the younger generation has failed the nation.

Famoodun, who said this at a press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday, stated that the younger generation represented by President Goodluck Jonathan, failed the nation in many areas.

He said the administration of Jonathan encouraged corruption and looting of treasury, saying this was why former governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo and Sanusi Lamido cried out that the nation was witnessing an unprecedented level of corruption.

He said, General Buhari is 72 and he is active, strong and mentally alert to lead the nation. We are presenting Buhari because of his antecedents and because we have been disappointed by the younger generation especially in the administration of President Jonathan.

Mandela came and rule South Africa at 76 and he did very well. The younger generation represented by Jonathan is not helping us. Buhari ruled at his younger days and he helped to salvage the economy. Buhari is a disciplined and forthright person; his detractors can even attest to this.

The APC leader urged Nigerians to discountenance the claims of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, concerning Buhari, saying there was no sense in what the governor was saying.

Famoodun said the party had confidence that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, would conduct a free, fair and credible election but said that the Peoples Democratic Party had been putting many obstacles on his way.

Commenting on the support of the Afenifere and the two factions of the Oodua Peoples Congress for Jonathan, the APC chairman said their support was inconsequential.

He stated that the groups had no influence on the Yoruba people, saying the two factions of the OPC resolved their crisis to support Jonathan because of pecuniary benefits.

He commended the military for the renewed onslaught against the Boko Haram sects.

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