Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, has been ordered to resign by the Nigerian army for his role in the rigging of the last governorship elections in Ekiti state.

Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Muhammad Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), who announced this in Washington DC, said the army has decided to initiate the process of rusticating General Momoh who was indicted last year by a military panel.

Gen. Momoh reportedly achieved notoriety by overseeing the rigging of a governorship election in Ekiti State in 2014.

He led a contingent of soldiers and other security agencies who intimidated voters and inhibited the movement of officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a broad strategy that was reportedly approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan to enable Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat then incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi.

A former Minister of State for Defense, Musiliu Obanikoro, was used as a conduit to transfer huge sums of funds for the rigging operation.