Former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose
Former
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Tuesday said his political
opponents were behind the rumour that he was a murderer.
Speaking against the backdrop of the renewed political violence in Ekiti State, Fayose told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone that the rumour was part of a smear campaign ahead of the 2014 governorship election in the state.
He said, “My popularity in Ekiti ahead
of the 2014 governorship election is a dilemma for my opponents and
that is why they are looking for any opportunity to blackmail me.
“I am not a murderer as they claimed.
Nobody or court has arraigned me for murder in the last seven years. Are
we saying that the system is not working?’’
Fayose, a PDP governorship aspirant in the election, said his political opponents had nothing to use in campaigning against him.
He said, “It is all political gimmicks
and intrigues. They are running a failed propaganda. Look at it again;
there had been renewed violence, attacks and killings in Ekiti State in
the last couple of months just because people are defecting from ACN to
PDP to give me support. ’’
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