Accord candidate plans international action over Fadahunsi’s remarks
The Accord Party candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency, Ladi Adebayo (Omo Lere), has announced plans to take legal action against Senator Francis Fadahunsi following controversial remarks made ahead of the Osun governorship election. Adebayo intends to involve international bodies, including the International Criminal Court and several foreign legislative committees. He claims Fadahunsi’s comments referenced past violence against his family and amounted to a threat. The situation has sparked legal and political responses in Osun State.
What we know
- Ladi Adebayo said he will approach the International Criminal Court, ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, and notify US and UK legislative bodies over Fadahunsi’s remarks.
- Fadahunsi referenced the burning of Adebayo’s father’s house in Ilesa in 1983, which Adebayo described as a threat.
- The Osun State Government has gone to court to compel police investigation into Fadahunsi’s statements.
- Governor Ademola Adeleke demanded Fadahunsi’s arrest, calling the comments incitement to genocide.
- Fadahunsi was questioned and released by the police, and he later clarified that his comments were not meant to incite violence.
