Nigeria’s
President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out investigating the scandalous audio
tape of the collusion between military officers and top guns in the Peoples
Democratic Party to rig last year’s June 21 election in Ekiti State.
President
Jonathan told The Wall Street Journal that the audio was a fabrication despite
the confirmation of its authenticity by U.S.-based voice-verification firm,
Guardian Consulting LLC.
“It’s
all fabrications,” he said of the audio. “Why should I investigate things that
are not real?”
Jonathan’s
shocking indifference to the scandal that gravely questioned the integrity of
the governorship election, said to have been won by Ayodele Fayose of the PDP,
triggered melancholic reaction from Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives
Congress, who allegedly lost.
“It’s
very sad,” Fayemi told the Wall Street Journal. “The military has lost any
democratic control.”
Starring
in the scandal were Brigadier general Aliyu Momoh, Ayodele Fayose, Musiliu
Obanikoro, Caleb Olubolade, a former minister and Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan,Police
Affairs Minister, Senator Iyiola Omisore, a failed governorship candidate in
Osun State.
Adesiyan
had confirmed the authenticity of the conversation, but said the context was
different from the story being peddled.
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