FRANCIS Fadahunsi, senator representing the Osun East Senatorial District, has allegedly called on his supporters to kill members of the Accord Party ahead of the state’s August 15 governorship election.
News Point Nigeria reports that in a video shared on X on Tuesday by David Adeleke (Davido), Afrobeat singer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, who spoke in Yoruba, was heard urging 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 said.
“This is a federal government election. On election day, even if they come with voter cards, we won’t allow them to vote.
“What kind of life is that? If we hear anything about Accord in Ilesa here, record me and go and tell them. Tell them, the cap they are putting on is a bad one, a yellow one.
“So, we have come to tell you now, from now till the election day, if we see them, kill them.”
The remarks come amid heightened political activities and security concerns ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State.
In May, gunmen killed Kolade Eluyera, son of the women leader of the Accord Party in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State.
In August, a coalition of civil society organisations said 13 of the 30 local government areas in the state had been classified as high-risk, citing reported killings, attacks, political abductions, shootings, and violence around local government secretariats.
