Supreme court judgement: I have been vindicated, EkitiGate is a sham — Obanikoro

The Minister of State II for Foreign Affairs, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has said that the judgement of the Apex Court in the land – Supreme Court, that reaffirmed the electoral victory of the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, vindicated him of any wrongdoing during the poll.

“Governor Fayose won all the House of Assembly Seats in Ekiti State without Obanikoro’s help. #EkitiGate was and will remain a sham.
#EkitiGate: The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled to validate Governor Fayose’s election. Finally, I have been vindicated,” Obanikoro posted on his Twitter handle.

In a unanimous judgement, Tuesday, a seven-man panel of Justices of the court led by Justice John Fabiyi, held that the appeal which challenged Fayose’s election victory at the 2014 Ekiti State governorship election lacked merit.

The panel maintained that the All Progressives Congress, APC, failed to prove its allegation that the election was fraught with unparalleled irregularities, adding that the allegation that Fayose tendered forged Higher National Diploma Certificate ‎to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not proved beyond every reasonable doubt.

It will be recalled that Obanikoro was accused by the APC of using the military in 2013 to manipulate the governorship election in Ekiti in favour of  Fayose.