It is no longer in doubt that the PDP and Presidency are desperate to
rig and win the Ekiti State election which comes up on Saturday June
21. Agents of the State Security Services (SSS) in Ekiti State have
arrested and detained more than Twenty Men they caught thumb printing
ballot papers at a resort owned by the campaign manager to PDP
candidate, Ayodele Fayose, in the Afao area of Ekiti.
Acting on a tip off, SSS operatives said they caught 22 young people thumb printing ballot papers and preparing INEC Form EC8 in anticipation of rigging the governorship election scheduled for Saturday June 21 in Ekiti State...
On Tuesday, Dipo Anisulowo, the director general of the Ayo Fayose
campaign organization, admitted to Sahara Reporters that SSS agents had
arrested some guests at a resort he owns. He claimed that he believed
the people arrested were “cult boys” who attacked some students in
Iworoko and Are-Ekiti area.
Pressed further by our correspondent, Mr. Anisulowo said his political camp was aware that their opponents wanted to raid his resort. He claimed to have reported the case to the police.
But sources said the SSS raided the resort when some mobile police officers detailed to guarding the premises went out to drink. “Our agents caught them red-handed thumb printing and filling out the result forms,” one SSS source said.
Pressed further by our correspondent, Mr. Anisulowo said his political camp was aware that their opponents wanted to raid his resort. He claimed to have reported the case to the police.
But sources said the SSS raided the resort when some mobile police officers detailed to guarding the premises went out to drink. “Our agents caught them red-handed thumb printing and filling out the result forms,” one SSS source said.
Earlier on Tuesday, three private airlifts arrived at the Akure Airport
in nearby Ondo State in circumstances that a political source in the
state described as unusual. “We believe that the three planes brought in
cash [for buying votes and bribing electoral officials in Ekiti State]
and ballot papers,” said the source. He added that bullion vans owned by
Zenith Bank hauled away the freight brought in by the planes.
The source said three PDP officials - Kingsley Kuku, Musiliu Obanikoro, and the governorship candidate for Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, arrived on the planes.
The source said three PDP officials - Kingsley Kuku, Musiliu Obanikoro, and the governorship candidate for Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, arrived on the planes.
According to Sahara Reporters, the female airport manager in Akure was
issued a query after information was released on the Internet about the
arrival of the three mysterious planes.
Two SSS
sources confirmed today’s operation. One of them disclosed that SSS
operatives were tipped off that some persons at the resort were thumb
printing ballot papers and preparing electoral result sheets called EC8
forms.
“Our men were able to move in and make arrests,” the source said. Both
sources refused to disclose the names of the detained suspects, pleading
that the agency has to conclude its investigations. “Please be patient
and allow us finish investigating the matter,” one of the sources
pleaded.
A source disclosed that the SSS director in Ekiti State was under intense pressure from Fayose’s camp to free the arrested suspects. The director switched off his phone as soon as a correspondent of Sahara Reporters rang his number. He also did not respond to text messages sent to his phone.
A source disclosed that the SSS director in Ekiti State was under intense pressure from Fayose’s camp to free the arrested suspects. The director switched off his phone as soon as a correspondent of Sahara Reporters rang his number. He also did not respond to text messages sent to his phone.
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