A socio-political group in Ekiti State, The E-Eleven, on Wednesday, dissociated the people of the state from an advert sponsored by the state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, insinuating that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), might die in office if elected.

In the controversial advert, Fayose had said the North should wait till 2019 for the slot of the presidency.

However, the Chairman of the group, Mr. Femi Ajiniran, said in a statement that the Ekiti people were not in any way against the North; neither were they against any geo-political zone in the country.

“We believe firmly in the principle of equality as espoused in the 1999 Constitution. The view expressed in the advert was Fayose’s personal opinion,” it said.

It noted that Fayose’s statement violated the non-violence clause of the Electoral Act, 2011 and breached the peace agreement facilitated by a former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan and a former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku last week.

It said, “After the landmark peace agreement brokered to achieve a peaceful conduct of the 2015 general elections, Fayose sponsored this advert of acrimony and discrimination from the purse of Ekiti State in the two national dailies. We, therefore, dissociate the people of Ekiti State from this advert.”

The group asked Nigerians to hold Fayose and his political party responsible if the advert eventually stokes anger in some parts of the country.