#Ekitigate has been trending on Twitter since yesterday with the disclosure by Ekiti State’s PDP secretary that $37 million was used to get Ekiti state.
The Ekiti State PDP secretary, Dr Temitope Aluko, made this allegation on Channels TV, citing that former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan gave Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, $37m cash to rig the election process in the State.
Admittedly, the Ekiti governorship elections in 2014 was one of the most controversial elections in recent history.
According to Channels TV
On Politics Today on Sunday, Mr Tope Aluko gave a breakdown of how the election was rigged in favour of the PDP governorship candidate, now Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Explaining a process he alleged was used in rigging the election, he said: “Before the Primaries, we had this believe that because Jonathan was coming out for second term and because we are going to be the first election in the south-west, at a meeting, we told him (former President Goodluck Jonathan) that north-east, north-west and north-central may not be too sure for him because the Hausas are clamouring for presidency and that you now have south-east and south-south, you must manage the south-west”.
“It was on the basis of that that we told him that he must manage south-west.
“Because of his interest, even before winning the primaries, we did so many security reports to tell Mr President then that he must make sure that we manage south-west zone and it was because of that that he gave us the head of security agencies,” the PDP member said.
Here are clips from the Channels TV program, “On Politics Today”
Here are some of the tweets about #Ekitigate
We were given $35m for the campaign & @MObanikoro was only the courier, we got it from Office of the NSA – #DrTopeAluko on now @CTVPolitics
— Kayode Akintemi (@KayodeAkintemi) January 31, 2016
I am one of those that asked Gov. Fayose not to make Dr Aluko Chief of Staff because he is unstable – #Olayinka pic.twitter.com/EYDq0hmluq
— Kayode Akintemi (@KayodeAkintemi) January 31, 2016
Well Governor Fayose has reacted to this allegation saying that Dr Tope Aluko fabricated all these stories because he was not made Chief of Staff.
