Police Question APC Senator Fadahunsi Over Alleged Threat to Accord Supporters

The Senator representing the Osun East senatorial district, Francis Fadahunsi, has been summoned by the Osun State Police Command over a viral threat to “kill Accord” members ahead of the state gubernatorial election.

The invitation by the police, it was gathered, comes on the heels of outrage on social media over the Senator’s comments, asking supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to “kill” members of the rival Accord Party.

In a letter dated August 11, 2026 and signed by the Commissioner of Police, elections in Osun State, Samuel Etaifo Erale, Fadahunsi was asked to report to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Osogbo on Wednesday, August 12, at 11:00 am.

The letter, according to Cable, said the police invited Senator Fadahunsi to clarify the circumstances surrounding the statement allegedly made during an APC campaign in Ilesa on Tuesday.

“The invitation is based on information available to the Nigeria Police alleging that during your address at the aforementioned program, you made statements that were deemed 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 added.

Meanwhile, Fadahunsi has explained his controversial statement about the “Kill Accord”, saying that he was talking about defeating the Accord Party (A) at the ballot box and not urging for violence.

Fadahunsi’s media office issued a statement in Osogbo on Tuesday entitled, “Kill Osun Accord with Votes, Not Violence, Senator Fadahunsi Tells APC.”

The statement said the Senator’s utterances were a political expression urging APC faithful to vote Accord out.

The statement described the remark as “a call on supporters to overwhelmingly reject the Accord Party at the ballot box thru lawful, peaceful and democratic means during the August 15 governorship election.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, the statement of the Senator was purely political and metaphorical,” the statement added.

Fadahunsi’s media office said he did not call for physical attacks against members or supporters of Accord.