Francis Fadahunsi, Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of allegedly using political violence to suppress voters in the district ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
Fadahunsi made the allegation at a press conference in Osogbo, claiming that Governor Adeleke had allowed violence to spread from Ede into Osun East, which he described as the stronghold of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to him, more than 40 people had been killed in Osun East within the last year, while 30 APC members were allegedly killed within the last month.
“Adeleke created terrorism from Ede into Osun East, the stronghold of APC, for us to be destabilised so that people will not go out en masse to cast their votes,” he alleged.
The senator cited several incidents in Ijesa land, alleging that four people were killed while 16 others sustained gunshot injuries during the crisis over control of local government administration.
