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Verbatim: Governor Fayose on Fayemi’s APC Primary Election Victory in Ekiti

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Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State

“In 2014 when Fayemi was the sitting governor and I was not in power, I trounced him mercilessly. I gave him 16 – 0, defeating him in all the 16 local governments, including in his home town, Isan Ekiti. He did not win a single local government…

“I promise that after the July 14 election, he will not only suffer embarrassing defeat, he will go into political oblivion afterwards.”

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