By Olasunkanmi Akoni

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterated the need for an urgent forensic investigation of the alleged Ekiti rigging tape recently released by an army captain who recorded it.

fayose and Obanikoro

According to the party, it is wrong for anyone to label the tape fake without forensic investigation.

The party in a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday posited that the issues exposed by the tape were too grave to be swept under the carpet or dismissed on the basis of gross partisanship.

It said the investigation was 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.

“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 said the inconsistency of the federal government’s 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.

‘’First, those whose voices were heard on the tape rushed to deny there was any such meeting.

“Later, after they were confronted with a preponderance of evidence, they started owning up one by one, starting with Police Affairs Minister Jelili Adesiyan, then Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro and then Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose, even though they all denied the meeting was about rigging. Of course, Nigerians know better.”