Fayemi Accuses Fayose Of Holding Meetings With INEC Officials To Rig Poll
The All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday accused Governor Ayodele Fayose and some top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) of holding illegal meetings to rig the July 14 election in the state.
Fayemi who alleged that Governor Fayose was conniving with some officials of the electoral body from Abuja to manipulate the poll in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the secret meeting was held in the government House, Ado Ekiti few days ago.
The former Minister however, urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and the Director General of the Department State Services(DSS), Mr Lawan Daura to investigate the allegation and bring the culprits to book.
INEC Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Taiwo Gbadegesin, said the electoral body didn’t receive any official from Abuja, saying none of their officers visited the governor on any scheduled or emergency invitation.
Gbadegesin assured the people that INEC would conduct free, fair and credible election in Ekiti, saying the technology that had been put in place will make rigging difficult and unachievable.
Addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, the Deputy Director General (Ekiti South), Kayode Fayemi campaign Council, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi , particularly named: Egharevba John, Festus Aisien, Igidiogu Kelechi and one Ishaku Abbo, a former INEC staff of conspiring and working with the state governor to compromise the process under the guise of being in the state for official duty.
Fayemi said one Ishaku from the Northern extraction of the country, whom he alleged of brokering the deal on Fayose’s behalf had allegedly been living in the government house in Ekiti in the last six months.
He said: “We have it on good authority that an election expert, one Ishaku, a former INEC official, has been living with the governor in the Government House since January this year.
“After these illegal activities in the Government House, there was a secret meeting held with three top officials of INEC from the national headquarters in the Government House.
“Curiously, these three top officials hold strategic positions in election management. One is from the Admin, one is from Stores and Distribution Department while the other is ICT top official.
“For the reasons best known to them, only the Government House was their exclusive port of call; APC was never in the picture.
“After this evil agenda, Fayose stormed the media to raise allegations that the APC was in Ondo State Government House to manipulate the ballot to give APC an edge in the July 14 election”.
Faparusi alleged that findings revealed that sensitive INEC documents have been illegally produced in the Government House with the help of some ‘unscrupulous’ INEC officials.
“Documents already produced include stamps, PVCs, Result sheets (Form EC 8A) and INEC accreditation forms. We are calling on INEC headquarters to note these atrocities being perpetrated by its corrupt officials to tarnish the image of the electoral body.
“You will recall Fayose’s illegal activities in the 2014 election as contained in Captain Koli tape. We don’t want a repeat of that experience”, he concluded.