The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has insisted that the Federal Government will involve the military in the conduct of the 2015 elections.
Fayose, who spoke on a live radio and television programme tagged: “Meet Your Governor” in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, said since the Federal Government is in charge of the security of the entire country, the government would ensure that it does everything to ensure that the general election is crisis-free.
The governor said his government was ready for the elections even if conducted today.
He said: “As far as we are concerned in the state and even my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, is concerned, we are ready for the general elections if they are to hold today.
“I am assuring all that we will ensure peaceful conduct of the polls and I am appealing to the opposition to allow peace to reign too.”
The governor cautioned the All Progressives Congress to do away with undue propaganda, adding: “What they did not plead in their petition to the tribunal, they wanted to smuggle in.
“I have challenged them to go to court and prove their allegation of audio clip of where the military was used to rig the election of June last year.
“The victory at the Court of Appeal is for Ekiti people.
“Any action or propaganda is against the wish of the people.
“If I fall on them, they will break and if they fall on me, they will break.”
Insisting on the involvement of military during the election, Fayose said the President, being the head of the Armed Forces has the power to deploy the military anywhere in the country.
Fayose said: “When the military is used in elections and APC wins, it is good.
“In their so-called audio clip, I was the one accusing the military that the APC was terrorising the people.
“They want to import what they did not plead.
“The Appeal Court only played to the gallery.
“The President reserves the right to deploy the military anywhere in the country.”
On the postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Fayose said the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards was a factor.
He said: “In a place like Lagos, less than half of the voters had collected the cards before the extension and a place like Borno where there is trouble, almost 75 per cent have collected.
“How come that happened?
“That was what happened in 2011 when the National Assembly election was postponed midway on election day and we must not allow that to repeat itself.”