The Commissioner of Police in charge of the 2026 Osun State Governorship Election, Samuel Etaifo, on Wednesday explained why the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, was invited by the command following a comment attributed to him.
Etaifo, in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, and obtained in Osogbo, condemned the statement attributed to the lawmaker, in which he said any Accord Party member seen in Ilesa before Saturday’s governorship election should be killed.
The CP further said, “At this critical period of the electoral process, political leaders and public office holders are expected to exercise restraint, promote peace, and refrain from making comments capable of heightening tension or undermining public confidence in the electoral and security arrangements put in place for the forthcoming election.”
Reaffirming the commitment of the Force to neutrality, professionalism and the protection of democratic values, Etaifo emphasised that the police would not tolerate any act, utterance or conduct capable of inciting violence, disrupting public peace or threatening the security of the state.
“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police has invited Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi to provide clarification on the statement and to foster mutual understanding in the interest of peace and security,” he said.
