- Later Explains who to kill
Francis Fadahunsi, senator representing the Osun east senatorial district, has asked his supporters to kill members of the Accord Party ahead of the state’s August 15 governorship election.
In a video shared on X on Tuesday by David Adeleke (Davido), Afrobeat singer, 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 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.”
In May, gunmen killed Kolade Eluyera, son of the women leader of the Accord Party in Irewole LGA 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.
Explains who to kill ‘I mean kill Accord with votes, not violence’ — Osun senator backtracks on ‘killing’ comment
Francis Fadahunsi, senator representing Osun east, says his now-viral ‘kill Accord’ comment circulating on social media was used metaphorically and not to incite violence as widely portrayed.
The Osun lawmaker came under intense criticism on Tuesday after a video circulated on social media in which he was seen speaking in Yoruba and directing his supporters to kill any member of Accord seen in Ilesa, a town in the state, before and on Saturday, the governorship election day.
The senator was reportedly addressing his All-Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Ilesa ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
However, in a statement by his media office on Tuesday titled ‘Kill Osun Accord with Votes, Not Violence’, the senator said his viral comment was “a call on supporters to overwhelmingly reject the Accord Party at the ballot box through lawful, peaceful and democratic means during the August 15 governorship election”.
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