The monarch made the clarification on Wednesday when he received the state Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in his palace as part of his campaign tour to the community.
Daramola was a World Bank consultant and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant before he was murdered in cold blood on August 14, 2006 during the administration of Fayose.
The traditional ruler, who was quoted to have exonerated Fayose from Daramola’s murder, maintained that he couldn’t have made the statement when the case is still in court.
Oba Fadahunsi said: “When the news came, they said I exonerated him (Fayose) but that language was not mine and I didn’t exonerate Fayose because we are still in court.
“I cannot say directly that he is behind Daramola’s death and I cannot say he is not, but it was during his tenure that Daramola was killed”.
The monarch also revealed that some individuals brought money to him on the eve of Daramola’s assassination but he rejected the money.
He said further: “The previous night before Daramola was killed, some people brought money they called ‘kolanut’ and I told them that this is not ‘kolanut’ and they said it was ‘change’ and I told them that I did not buy anything to warrant collecting ‘change’ so I rejected the money”.
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