By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Shina Abubakar & Elizabeth Williams
Senator representing Osun-East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, was yesterday questioned by the Osun State Police Command for about two hours over an alleged inciting statement ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
Governor Ademola Adeleke had called for the arrest of Fadahunsi following a viral video in which the senator was allegedly heard saying, “kill any Accord member,” during a protest at the palace of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland.
The protest followed the alleged killing of 12 All Progressives Congress, APC, members within 24 hours in Ilesa, an incident that heightened political tension in the state.
However, Fadahunsi denied making the statement that elicited outrage in the polity, insisting that what he said was that APC supporters should “kill Accord Party in Osun with their votes,” alleging that no fewer than 40 members of the APC had been killed in his district in the last 12 months.
