Obasanjo’s reference to Salamigate confirmed Fayemi became gov by judicial fraud – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has
described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’ s
reference to Salamigate as another confirmation that
the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr .
Kayode Fayemi , became governor through judicial
fraud.
The party said this while referring to the Court of
Appeal , Ilorin judgment delivered by Justice Isa Ayo
Salami , which removed Segun Oni of the PDP from
office and declared Fayemi as governor of Ekiti on
October 15, 2010.
The party maintained that Fayemi had never won
any election in his life.
Obasanjo while playing host to members of the
Correspondents Chapel , the Nigeria Union of
Journalists, Ogun State Chapter, at his hilltop
residence in Abeokuta on Sunday , said ; “…Our
judges must be committed in fighting corruption .
They must be committed to fighting corruption .
Because if the investigation is very sound and you
have ‘ ogbologbo’ lawyer to handle the case , if you
have Salamigate, you know what the answer will be. ”
But in a statement issued in Ado -Ekiti on Monday
and signed by the State Publicity Secretary , Mr
Jackson Adebayo, said , “ Fayemi never won the 2009
rerun governorship election . Rather , he was awarded
victory by Justice Salami after cancelling votes in
wards where the PDP won and this has been further
established by former President Obasanjo.”
The PDP said Nigerians should recall that records of
telephone calls and messages between Justice Salami
and APC chieftains like Lai Mohammed before and
after the judgment were made public , confirming
that the judgment was obtained by fraud.
“ It should also be recalled that even programmes of
Fayemi ’ s swearing-in ceremony and other souvenirs
were printed more than two weeks before the
judgment was delivered.
“ Up till today, that Appeal Court judgment of October
10, 2010, that made Fayemi governor is not being
cited as authority in any election matter and with
Obasanjo’ s reference to Salamigate as terminology
for judicial manipulation , it should be clear to
Fayemi himself that he became governor by judicial
fraud.
“ Perhaps, Fayemi may now have to ask Baba
Obasanjo what he meant by Salamigate. He should
also ask Engr Segun Oni that he cheated out of office
why he dragged Justice Salami and others before the
National Judicial Council, ” the party said .
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