Tope Aluko, Former
PDP Secretary in Ekiti state, has shared more insight into how himself and
others purportedly influenced the state's June 21st 2014 governorship election
in favour of Fayose. In an interview with ADABA 88.9 FM yesterday April 14,
2016 which was monitored by The Nation, Aluko said they perfected the strategy
to rig the election inside a hotel.
He said on the day of the election, sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), such as ballot papers and result sheets, were delivered to PDP chieftains to allow for the manipulation of the poll long before the first ballot was cast.
He
alleged that the electoral materials were delivered through Akure Airport and
taken to a hotel owned by Fayose’s Chief of Staff Dipo Anisulowo in Are-Ekiti,
where the alleged manipulation was carried out.He said on the day of the election, sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), such as ballot papers and result sheets, were delivered to PDP chieftains to allow for the manipulation of the poll long before the first ballot was cast.
He said the party got marginal success in the election because ballot papers were thumb-printed and result sheets filled by PDP members. The election whistle blower explained that Department of State Services (
According to Aluko, a lorry conveying some of the electoral materials was intercepted by soldiers led by the recently retired Brig.-Gen. Aliyu Momoh. “But the materials were later released after the officers received ‘order from above’.” He said the Fayose administration received the refund of the N5.2 billion spent on Ado-Ifaki highway by the Kayode Fayemi administration. Aluko said the governor initially denied but it was confirmed by former President Goodluck Jonathan during the PDP presidential campaign rally.
He further alleged that the money was diverted to the Ado-Ekiti flyover, following the outcry generated. “Ask him (Fayose) why did (former Works Commissioner) Kayode Oso flee? Finance Commissioner Toyin Ojo told
You will recall that the governor denied receiving the refund but Ojo’s revelation made him (Fayose) divert the money for the flyover.”
Reacting to a proposed prosecution threat on him by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, Aluko said Ajayi is also liable for prosecution for his alleged role in an attack on the court.
“I pity Owoseni Ajayi who is saying that I should be prosecuted because he (Ajayi) was the one who ‘disrupted’ the delivery of a ruling by Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi. Owoseni told Fayose on phone that should the judge deliver the ruling on the perjury case, it would go against him and his planned swearing-in would be in jeopardy.”
He denied making any moves to reconcile with Ayo Fayose
“It was the governor and former Ekiti Assembly factional Speaker Dele Olugbemi who barged into a meeting I was holding with some PDP leaders. Olugbemi and Fayose barged into the meeting venue. Olugbemi is a liar. He had lied against Fayose. He lied against the All Progressives Congress (
Aluko denied claims that his fight with Fayose is because he was not made Chief of Staff. He said:
“I am not doing this because I was denied appointment. I discovered that this man has no plans for Ekiti and I went to him that Oga, it’s almost a year in office now and we have not done anything for the people. Fayose replied me by saying ‘don’t worry, Ekiti people are easy to deceive because by the time you buy them ponmo (cow skin) and booli (roasted plantain), you have stolen their hearts’. It was there that our crisis started. The issue of Chief of Staff was secondary. Fayose derailed from our blueprint for the development of Ekiti. He cancelled the monthly allowances for the aged. He imposed taxes on primary school pupils, among his other anti-people policies but when I reminded him, he told me that Ekiti people are gullible. I need the prayer of Nigerians so that I will not fall prey to the evil machinations of those planning to kill me by all means because of the truth I told Nigerians.”
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