Police Affairs Minister, Adesiyan, Confirms authenticity of Ekiti Rigging tape

Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, has confirmed that the recently released audio tape detailing how the Ekiti State governorship election was rigged was true.

Adesiyan’s affirmation runs contrary to the blatant denial by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, that he and the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, that were involved in a meeting where strategies for rigging the 2014 Ekiti State governorship election were discussed.

A recording of the meeting, which also featured other top officials of the government and Aliyu Momoh, a Brigadier General, was leaked last week.

Adesiyan, however, said the conversation in the leaked tape was an altercation between Fayose and Momoh after the former accused the later of being bribed by the then incumbent governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi.

“Fayose accused the General who supervised the Ekiti election of taking bribe from Fayemi and APC, that was two days before the election. They called me because they said the General disarmed policemen and I told him to allow the policemen to do their job,” Adesiyan told the Sunday Punch newspaper.

“I was there, Fayose was there, Otunba Omisore was there, Senator Obanikoro was there. I am not denying that there was a conversation but it was not what they are saying.

“Nigerians are not dummies. These people are mischievous; somebody recorded the scene but let everybody listen to it. Listen to it yourself and get back to me.”