The Osun State Police Command has invited Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District, for questioning over a viral statement allegedly made during an All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign in Ilesa.
The senator is expected to appear before the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, in Osogbo on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, over allegations that he made remarks interpreted as a threat to members and supporters of the Accord Party ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
In a video shared on X on Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, who spoke in Yoruba, asked supporters to lynch members of the Accord Party.
“From now on, whenever you see Accord members, kill them. I authorise you to kill them. They have wives and children too,” Fadahunsi had said.
According to the police invitation dated August 11 and signed by Samuel Etaifo Erale, Commissioner of Police in charge of elections in Osun State, Fadahunsi is required to report to the SCID at 11am to “clarify the circumstances” surrounding the remarks attributed to him.
The letter said the invitation was based on information available to the police concerning statements allegedly made by the senator during the APC campaign programme in Ilesa.
“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.
The police did not, in the invitation, pronounce the senator guilty of any offence, but said his presence was required to assist investigators in establishing the circumstances surrounding the alleged remarks.
The invitation has however heightened concerns over the increasingly tense political atmosphere in Osun, where rival parties have traded accusations of intimidation, political violence and the use of security agencies against opponents in the build-up to the election.
