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The All Progressives Congress has described as unacceptable the excuse offered by President Goodluck Jonathan for not investigating the tape in which some Peoples Democratic Party leaders were purportedly giving orders to a general to help in rigging the June 21, 2014 Ekiti governorship elections.

Jonathan had said last week that security agencies could not investigate the tape because the soldier who recorded the incident, Capt. Sagir Koli, had fled the country.

However, the APC in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President was wrong to have said the audio tape had not been investigated because the army captain who leaked it had not come forward to authenticate it.

It wondered whether the President would have said the same thing if it was the voices of the APC chieftains that were involved in the illegal act.

The APC said the security agencies need no prodding or even a presidential directive to launch an investigation into a weighty issue that amounts to a subversion of democracy.

It said, Some people were found to be undermining democracy using a powerful national institution like the military, and all the President could say is that there will be no investigation until the officer who secretly recorded the tape has come forward to authenticate it. What a disingenuous argument!

Is the President not aware that Capt. Sagir Koli, who recorded the tape, went into hiding because his life is in danger? Is the President not aware of the fate that befell Capt. Kolis 15-year-old younger brother who was arrested and tortured at a military facility in Ibadan over the issue?

Does the President not appreciate the patriotism which the officer exhibited by exposing those who criminally subverted democracy?

The APC queried basis the President declared the audio tape a fabrication when he had now confessed that he had not even listened to it, and when almost all those who were at the rigging meeting, such as the then Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan; and Senator Iyiola Omisore, had confirmed that they attended the meeting.

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Jonathans excuse for not probing Ekiti tape, weak APC