Minister of State for Works, Adedayo Adeyeye has described the audio clip released by the All Progressives Congress (APC) suggesting the use of military to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State as a failed attempt to rewrite history.
He said; “no amount of campaign of calumny and blackmail can erase the fact that Ekiti people willingly elected Governor Ayodele Fayose,” adding that; “APC is only chasing shadows having admitted earlier that Ekiti people indeed voted for Fayose but they did so because he gave them rice.”
In a release issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, the Minister said it was funny that the same people who castigated Ekiti people for voting Fayose because of “stomach infrastructure” are now saying that the
election was rigged.
He said it was the APC that actually plotted to manipulate the election, using Information Technology and thuggery, but the heavy presence foiled the plans.
The minister, who said Governor Fayose did not hold meetings on how to manipulate the election with anyone, added that; “the APC people know where to go if they have evidence that the election was rigged.”
He said; “It is foolish for anyone to be crying that an election was rigged eight months after the election was held. This is more so that there was an election petition tribunal where the evidence ought to
have been presented.”
While faulting the audio clip, Adeyeye said; “In this age of Information Technology, it is possible to even manipulate videos not to talk of audio. It is possible to make someone who cannot speak French to appear on video speaking French.
“It is also possible for voice of someone who died 10 years ago to be manipulated such that he will appear as speaking on current issues. GSM providers are doing it by making ones voice to appear like that of a celebrity.
“Therefore, APC should take this their so-called audio clip to court where it will be subjected to proper scrutiny both legally and technologically rather than using the media to promote a dead issue.
“Most importantly, the APC should stop wasting its resources on mundane issues concerning the Ekiti election because the people clearly voted for Fayose and rejected the APC and its candidate,
Kayode Fayemi.”
