It is believed that the TRADOC posting is the beginning of many punishments for Brigadier General Momoh. The whistleblower who revealed the audiotape, Captain Sagir Koli, said that Brigadier General Momoh disgraced and de-professionalized the Nigerian military. Other officers have said that they were embarrassed about how Brigadier General Momoh allowed himself to be emasculated by Governor Fayose, and that his conduct was not worthy of the uniform.
The audio recording alleged to be the voices of these Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders planning to rig the 2014 gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State recorded how Ayo Fayose and his collaborators colluded with this unscrupulous army Brigadier General to rig the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State.
The meeting had in attendance the then Minister of State for Defense, Musikilu Obanikoro, A former Nigerian Senator,Iyiola Omisore, Chris Uba from Anambra State, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh of the Nigerian Army and the former Minister for Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd.).
The audio recordings and affidavit were provided to an online news media by Sagir Koli, a Captain in the 32nd Artillery Brigade stationed in Ekiti State, who has since fled the country for fear of retaliation. Capt. Koli recorded the conversation on 20th June 2014 when he was asked to accompany his Commanding Officer, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, to the meeting.
The meeting venue was said to be held at Spotless Hotel in Ado-Ekiti. The 37-minute recording details the conversation between these men as they bribed Brigadier General Momoh with a promotion for his assistance in carrying out election fraud in Ekiti. In it, Obanikoro is clearly heard informing the group of men, “[I] am not here for a tea party, am on special assignment by the President.”
The audio recording alleged to be the voices of these Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders planning to rig the 2014 gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State recorded how Ayo Fayose and his collaborators colluded with this unscrupulous army Brigadier General to rig the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State.
The meeting had in attendance the then Minister of State for Defense, Musikilu Obanikoro, A former Nigerian Senator,Iyiola Omisore, Chris Uba from Anambra State, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh of the Nigerian Army and the former Minister for Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd.).
The audio recordings and affidavit were provided to an online news media by Sagir Koli, a Captain in the 32nd Artillery Brigade stationed in Ekiti State, who has since fled the country for fear of retaliation. Capt. Koli recorded the conversation on 20th June 2014 when he was asked to accompany his Commanding Officer, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, to the meeting.
The meeting venue was said to be held at Spotless Hotel in Ado-Ekiti. The 37-minute recording details the conversation between these men as they bribed Brigadier General Momoh with a promotion for his assistance in carrying out election fraud in Ekiti. In it, Obanikoro is clearly heard informing the group of men, “[I] am not here for a tea party, am on special assignment by the President.”
Credible intelligence and investigation revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan had instructed the Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh, to use the army in arresting and intimidating opposition politicians before and during the election. The audio recording provides exact details of the plot, with the collaborators almost degenerating into physical combat.
Governor Fayose revealed that he had already bribed an official of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), the non-political commission charged with organizing elections in Nigeria, to bring copies of voter ballots with the INEC logo to him that day. Fayose, upset that his INEC contact was caught in traffic, narrated his day’s frustrations: “Where are we supposed to be collating the thing INEC gave to us? Soft copies we now printed? Why is my [INEC] contact not with [the ballots]…my contact man [was] sitting in the check point…it took me more than two hours to get this man.”
The audio recordings were analyzed and authenticated by Guardian Consulting, an independent US-based security consulting company. According to a report authored by Guardian Consulting, the independent company used Forensic Voice Frequency Comparison technology to identify all voices on the recording with audio available in the public domain.
