06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

PDP gubernatorial candidate Ayodeji Daramola was killed in August by unknown assassins ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19469]

"In the early morning hours of August 14, Ekiti State PDP gubernatorial candidate Ayodeji Daramola was killed in the bedroom of his home by unknown assassins. On November 16, eight persons, including an advisor to former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose, were arraigned before an Ekiti high court on charges of conspiracy and the murder of Daramola. Their trial was ongoing at year's end."

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