News: Obanikoro Allegedly Admits He Was Sent To Ekiti Rigging Meeting by Jonathan

Contrary to earlier denials, embattled ministerial nominee,
Musiliu Obanikoro, has confessed to several Senators in
Abuja that he did participate in an election-eve meeting in
Ekiti in June 2014 in which a group of politicians and
government ministers met with a Nigerian army general to
rig the governorship election in favor of Ayodele Fayose, the
candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The meeting, which is now known as “Ekitigate”, was
secretly taped by an army captain who was subsequently
forced to flee for his life.
Despite the scandal, President Jonathan went ahead to
nominate Obanikoro into his cabinet for the second time,
and the nominee is lobbying the Senators to give him a pass
during his upcoming nomination hearing. It is in the process
that he has confessed to some of them that he was indeed
present at the rigging meeting in Akure, on behalf of the
President, to ensure that everything went smoothly.
Obanikoro’s story is that he was simply making “peace”
between the army and Ayo Fayose at the meeting, claiming
that he was not party to any conversation about rigging. On
the contrary, Obanikoro, who was at the time junior Minister
for Defence, is overheard clearly on the tape bragging
about the authority granted him by President Jonathan.
Prior to admitting his involvement to the Senators, the
former minister met with President Jonathan to discuss the
tape and his role. A presidency source said Obanikoro told
President Jonathan he was present at the meeting but that
a part of the audio-recording was “doctored”.
They said President Jonathan had called him to the meeting
to discuss how to mitigate the damage created by the
leaked tape. He told the Senators categorically that it was
Jonathan himself who had sent him to Ekiti to help Fayose
win the election. On the tape, Obanikoro says, at least
twice, that he is on a “mission” for the President. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS

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