The Senator representing Osun East in the National Assembly, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has arrived at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo following his invitation by police authorities for interrogation.
He arrived at about 2:35 p.m. in the company of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Election and Security, Samuel Erale.
Fadahunsi, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was summoned over his instruction to party supporters to “kill” members of the Accord Party. He spoke in Yoruba language.
“From now on, whenever you see Accord members, kill them. I authorise you to kill them. They have wives and children too,” he was quoted as saying.
The lawmaker’s remarks, allegedly made during an APC campaign in Ilesa on Tuesday, went viral on social media and generated outrage among Nigerians.
But following the backlash generated by the video, Fadahunsi’s team sought to clarify the statement, saying the senator’s words had been misinterpreted.
In a statement titled, “Kill Osun Accord with Votes, Not Violence,” his team said the remark was a call on supporters to reject the Accord Party overwhelmingly at the ballot box through lawful, peaceful and democratic means during the August 15 governorship election.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Senator’s statement was purely political and metaphorical,” the statement said.
Notwithstanding the senator team’s rebuttal, the police summoned him immediately.
In a letter dated August 11, 2026, the police invited Fadahunsi to clarify the circumstances surrounding his comments.
The letter, signed by the Commissioner of Police, Elections, in Osun State, Samuel Etaifo Erale, directed the senator to report to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Osogbo on Wednesday, August 12, at 11:00 a.m.
According to the letter, the invitation was based on information available to the Nigeria Police alleging that the senator made statements considered threatening, inciting and intimidating in nature.
“The invitation is premised on information in possession of the Nigeria Police alleging that during your address at the aforementioned programme, you made statements considered to be threatening, inciting and intimidating in nature, and the statement has already been in circulation on various electronic and social media platforms,” the letter stated.
Tension has heightened in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in which incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke is seeking re-election while the APC has fielded Bola Oyebamiji against him.
