The All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call for a thorough probe of the “Ekiti rigging tape” that was recently released by one Sagir Koli, an army captain who was said to be in the know, about how the election was allegedly rigged. The party said it was wrong for anyone to label the recorded audiotape released by Koli as fake without a forensic investigation. In a statement issued in Lagos by Lai Mohammed, its national publicity secretary, the party said the issues exposed by the tape are too grievous to be swept under the carpet or dismissed based on nothing but gross partisanship.
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It said the investigation is particularly necessary because of the alleged role the military played in the whole rigging scenario, and against the background of the court rulings against the deployment of troops for elections.
‘’If the government officials and politicians whose voices were heard on the tape are not interested in clearing their name, what of the military institution that was dragged into the show of shame? Has the integrity of the military not been compromised by the alleged role of a General and hundreds of his troops in the rigging saga?’’ APC queried. The party accused the Federal Government of inconsistency, saying its response to the whole saga “has exposed its underbelly and made it more urgent for a forensic investigation of the tape to be carried out.
