Alleged incitement: Osun lawmaker asks court docket, INEC to disqualify Senator Fadahunsi

Ajibola, who represents Oriade State Constituency within the Osun State House of Assembly, can also be asking the court docket to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to take away Fadahunsi’s title from the poll.

The lawmaker, by way of his counsel, Ekene Amadi, Esq., filed the swimsuit on Tuesday, becoming a member of INEC as a defendant over its alleged failure to sanction the senator following his purported August 11, 2026, “kill them” assertion.

In the swimsuit marked FHC/OS/CO/206/2026, Ajibola is in search of an interlocutory order restraining Fadahunsi, the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Osun East, from contesting the January 16 election or some other date the ballot could also be rescheduled to, pending the willpower of the substantive swimsuit.

Ajibola accused Fadahunsi of allegedly encouraging violence towards opposition members in Osun State, claiming that 4 days earlier than the August 15 governorship election, the senator made a press release at a political rally directing his supporters to assault harmless residents, notably Accord Party members.

According to the affidavit, “Fadahunsi allegedly instructed his political supporters and thugs to go and kill the innocent citizens of Osun State, particularly the Accord Party members.

“The senator’s feedback have been related to the killings of a few of my associates, which prompted me to write down a letter to Fadahunsi titled ‘Resign Now, You Have a Killer’s Mind and Lack Strength and Character for Public Office'”.

He said copies of the letter were forwarded to President Bola Tinubu and the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for necessary action.

Ajibola also alleged that Fadahunsi had been threatening Accord members since October 2025, claiming that the senator had vowed to ensure their arrest and killing after the 2026 Osun governorship election on what he described as trumped-up allegations.

“Between June 1 and August 10, 2026, a number of Accord members have been unlawfully arrested and detained, whereas some have been killed. The purported conduct is ‘totally satanic and very diabolical of a senator standing'”, he added.

The lawmaker recalled that the police had invited Fadahunsi over the allegations but claimed that the invitation did not prevent the senator’s “killing order” from being carried out.

Ajibola alleged that he had one other encounter with Fadahunsi on November 7, 2026, throughout which the senator allegedly threatened to take care of him, his loyalists and different Accord Party members throughout his constituency.

He argued that the court docket’s intervention was crucial to guard his life and people of different celebration members, insisting that public workplace holders should act in accordance with the Constitution, their oaths of workplace and the obligations hooked up to their positions.

The lawmaker, who can also be an Accord candidate for Oriade State Constituency, urged the court docket to declare that INEC had no authorized justification to allow a candidate who allegedly directed political supporters to kill opposition members to take part in an election.

He maintained that judicial intervention was crucial to stop additional threats and shield the lives of Accord members.

Meanwhile, efforts to acquire a response from Senator Fadahunsi by way of his spokesperson, Pastor Sam Segun-Progress, have been futile.

Efforts to succeed in him by way of WhatsApp and cellphone calls didn’t yield any constructive end result as at press time.