Ekiti election: Fayose raises alarm, lists INEC staff allegedly working with Fayemi, APC to rig poll

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has again raised "disturbing and
worrisome information" on alleged plots to rig the election in favour
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Dr. Kayode
Fayemi.


Fayose, in a personal statement he signed Monday night, listed INEC
National Commissioner, Mrs. Amina Zakari, two Deputy Directors (ICT
Dept), Mr. Paschal Uwaenwe and Mr. Abdulrazaq Agboola Yusuf as well as
Director (Procurement Dept), Mr. Kenneth Ukeagu as the arrow-heads of
rigging plot.

Earlier on Monday, Zakari denied that she was working to rig the
election for Fayemi and th APC.


Buhari Fayose said that "The duo of Uwaenwe and Agboola are to
pre-load card readers, supply faulty card readers to Ado and Ikere
while Kenneth Ukeagu is to provide ballot papers for stuffing of
ballot boxes, Forms EC8A, EC8B and EC8C series and other sensitive
election materials. Two sets of the Forms are to be procuced bearing
the same Serial Numbers. One set will be handed to Fayemi to change
results of 503 Polling Units.

"Also, real Youth Corps members, students of the Federal University,
Oye Ekiti and Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti that are to serve as
Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers (APOs) are
to be replaced with APC members.

"Fayemi and other APC leaders have been meeting with these three INEC
officials in Akure and Abuja and they are reporting directly to Mrs
Amina Zakari.


"Furthermore, Fayemi's ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO), Hakeem Abiola
and former ADC, Adeyemi Ajayi are to coordinate indiscriminate arrest
of top functionaries of the State Govt and bribery of other security
officials. Hakeem is already in Ado Ekiti, operating from a popular
hotel located off Iworoko Road.

"Also, Mr. Akin Fakorede of the Federal SARS is being considered for
secondment to Ekiti State for the election. Nigerians are aware of the
ignoble roles Akin Fakorede played in Rivers State and they want him
to play the same role in Ekiti.

"The Armed policemen to be coordinated by Fayemi's ex ADC and Akin
Fakorede are to invade the already selected 503 Polling Units, shoot
sporadically in the air to scare voters away so as to be able to
perpetrate the fraud.

"Our question is; why will DSS and the Police post Fayemi's ex
security aides to Ekiti for an election in which he is a candidate?

"We therefore call on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris
and the DSS Director, Lawal Daura to allow Ekiti election to be
credible by ensuring impartiality of their men.

"We also call on the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to prevail
on his officials listed above, who appear bent on frustrating the
electoral commission for monetary gains. They must not be allowed to
play any role in the Ekiti election. He should cause an investigation
into the issues raised and personalities mentioned.

"Most importantly, INEC Forms, especially EC8A, EC8B and EC8C must be
countersigned by chairman or his trusted designate.

"We also demand that INEC POs and APOs must provide additional means
of identification, preferably Voters Card, to authenticate whether or
not they are genuine corps members or students of FUOYE or Federal
Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.

"The international community should monitor closely activities in
INEC, particularly the officials mentioned above from now till the
announcement of results of the election. Ekiti people are saying
CAPITAL NO to election rigging!"