Posted on: 05:26 Fri, 12 Feb 2016



Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights
lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has called on security
agencies to arrest Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti
state for rigging elections.

This is following revelations made by former
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretary,
Tope Aluko.
Aluko alleged that Fayose used the military to
rig the 2014 Governorship elections in Ekiti
state.

Punch reports that a statement issued by
Falana, through his organisation, Value and
Integrity Group, said “Having consistently
demanded the prosecution of all the wicked
criminals who shared in the looting of the funds
meant for the procurement of arms, Mr. Falana
has called for the arrest and trial of Mr. Ayodele
Fayose and his cohorts over the N4.8bn
deployed to perpetrate the grave electoral
malfeasance that characterised the last Ekiti State
governorship election.”

The statement also said “In particular, Mr.
Falana stated that Mr. Fayose should be tried
since he was a candidate and not a governor
when the serious electoral offences were
committed by him. On his contention that the
governor’s immunity does not cover his impunity,
Mr. Falana cited several decisions of the
Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.

“With respect to fresh facts which have
established that the election was marred by
monumental fraud, Mr. Falana has opined that
the Supreme Court could be approached by the
APC to review its judgment on the endorsement
of the election of Mr. Fayose since it is trite law
that any judgment obtained by fraud is liable to
be set aside.”

“However, in recent time, earth-shaking
revelations have been credited to those who took
part in the illegal use of armed soldiers to
manipulate the election in favour of Mr. Fayose.

“When the revelations of Captain Sagir Koli who
recorded the conversation of the electoral
bandits, including the altercation between General
Aliyu Momoh and Mr. Fayose were published last
year, there were denials by the dramatis
personae,” the statement said.

Fayose in his response, said Falana was
frustrated because he could not achieve his
ambition of becoming the Governor of Ekiti state.