Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East, was on Wednesday questioned for more than two hours by the Osun State Police Command over an alleged inciting comment ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
The senator was invited after a viral video allegedly showed him telling supporters to “kill any Accord member” during a protest in Ilesa.
Fadahunsi, however, denied calling for violence, saying he meant that APC supporters should “kill Accord with their votes.”
“I told them what I said, not the one manipulated by the mischievous interpreters of the Yoruba language,” he said after his release.
The senator arrived at the police headquarters in Osogbo around 2:25pm and was taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation, where he was questioned by senior police officers. He was later released at about 4:45pm.
Fadahunsi also alleged that at least 40 APC members had been killed in his senatorial district in the past year and expressed confidence that APC supporters would vote for the party’s governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.
The development has drawn condemnation from the Imole Campaign Council, which urged the police to make public the outcome of their investigation and prosecute the senator if found culpable.
The council’s spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said the alleged remarks had created fear among Accord members in Ijesaland and called for equal application of the law.
Amnesty International also condemned the remarks, describing them as reckless and calling on Fadahunsi to account for his comments ahead of the August 15 election.
The incident comes amid heightened political tension in Osun, with political parties and campaign groups repeatedly calling for restraint and a peaceful election.
