The whistleblower on the alleged rigging of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr. Tope Aluko, yesterday appeared in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, reliving his encounter with security and anti-graft agencies.
The embattled Secretary of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said he spent 12 days in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody, five days with the police and another five days with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives.
Aluko said Governor Ayo Fayose was running from his shadow, following his (Aluko’s) startling revelations that the election which produced him (Fayose) as the winner was rigged.
The former university don, on a Channels Television programme, POLITICS TODAY, on January 31, giving details of how the Goodluck Jonathan administration deployed $37 million and security forces to rig the poll.
He said since his revelation, Fayose had been gripped by fear.
Aluko said he volunteered oral, documentary and electronic evidence to security agencies on how the election was manipulated.
Addressing a briefing in Ado-Ekiti, Aluko said he remains the PDP secretary as he and other aggrieved State Working Committee (SWC) members have filed a suit against their purported removal by a faction loyal to Fayose.
He noted that the petition which landed him in custody was written by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Aluko denied betraying Fayose, maintaining that the governor can never deny that the election was not rigged.
He said: ”The APC sent the petition to the DSS, police and EFCC.
“I was shocked when the government said I’m Judas. The government is the Judas because it betrayed me.
“I am still a member of the PDP. It was the APC which sent the petition .
“During the interrogations, I was asked so many questions and I answered truthfully.
“I gave them the answers, because I said I wanted to do restitution and that is what I’ve done.
“So if Lere (Olayinka) is now saying that somebody is a Judas. It is Lere that is the Judas. I know what transpired between Lere and I but I won’t say it here.
“If Governor Fayose is running away from his shadow that is his problem.
“The security operatives did not maltreat me and I don’t know if they would charge me to court, because I’m actually on bail.
“I don’t know if they will invite me again. If they do, I will go. I have said all I have to say on Channels Television and my mind is free.
“ I worked for Fayose. We did everything together, he cannot deny it.
“And if he is now talking about glorifying somebody and calling me Judas, he is the Judas.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Please let him run it's just for a while he cannot eat his cake and have it again i continue to preach "NEMESIS" it's on the way Fayose will still weep in this nation Nigeria come what may the Nation will not die.One day is coming that he will be questioned let's not all be in a hurry.He's deceiving his shadow now but on the long run,it's shadow will speak well of him on various atrocities,Poultry farm is there,house of assembly issue is there,killing of someone is there,election issue is there,stomach infra deceit is there,abuse of national elders and statesmen is there so how possible for him to run? No.Airport is there,beating and scattering of judiciary is there.So many others will come at appropriate time.Let's wait and see. Clemo
ReplyDeleteGood hand-voice.Fingers crossed
ReplyDeleteJust like Jezebel hunted down down the prophets of God, so is Buhari and his agents intimg down all voices of the opposition. Satan has taken over this nation and only God can extricate us from his grip. Wike and Fayose are the only voice of truth remaining in Nigeria and God will protect them until the devil has been vanquished. For Mr Aluko, whatever amount that was given to you would soon finish and your shadows shall eat you up,painfully. He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind. Those that have given you the morsel of food to voice disgusting falsehood also came to power via fraudulent means buying buying the inec chairman, using under aged kids from Niger, Mali and chad and manipulating the whole process and now they are saints using the DSS and efcc to harass and haunt the opposition. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteYou are just one of the many social media youths used as mercenary and in the employ of the remnants of same politicians who have brought myriads of sorrow and pains to their people. Either you are suffering from delusional psychosis or plain dumb.
DeleteIIt baffles me that we still have people like this canonizing Wike and Fayose.The two are nothing but a disgrace to the exalted office of a Governor.Their act is far from decorum and no one dares advice them.I think Wike and Fayose's antecedent is alien to you cos if not you won't turn them into a semi-god.Recent fact abound how Fayose disrupted a religious gathering in Ado Ekiti cos he was advised by aa renowned cleric.
ReplyDeleteFayose that l know is a recalcitrant and like a leopard can never change its skin.Mine is that Fayose has murdered sleep and will sleep no more.