Fadahunsi Faces ₦10bn Suit Amid ‘Kill Them’ Row
A formal legal notice demanding ₦10 billion in damages has been served on Senator Francis Fadahunsi by the campaign spokesman for Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, intensifying personal exchanges three days before the governorship election.
Pelumi Olajengbesi, through his lawyer Hammed Lasisi, wrote to the senator representing Osun East on 12 August 2026, accusing him of defamation and injurious falsehood. The letter cites remarks made during two live television appearances and demands an immediate retraction and public apology within 24 hours, failing which court action will follow.
According to the letter, Fadahunsi stated during a Viable TV interview on 2 July 2026 that Olajengbesi was “not even from the same Ijebu-Jesha” and was “from somewhere in Ogun State.” He further accused him of “using thugs, Eiye and Aye.” Those comments, the letter notes, were widely circulated on Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, X, Instagram and other platforms.
On 11 August 2026, while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Fadahunsi is quoted as saying, while referring to the late Ajayi Aderogba, also known as Rogba: “Rogba is an Eiye man sponsored by Barr. Olajengbesi terrorising the whole … my own territory up and down through all these Eiye and Aye.”
Olajengbesi’s lawyers argue that the statements questioned his identity and origin as a son of Ijebu-Jesa and, more seriously, imputed that he sponsors, associates with or deploys members of the Eiye and Aye cult groups for political ends and to terrorise the public. Such allegations, the letter states, are false, malicious and gravely injurious to his reputation as a legal practitioner, public figure and candidate for elective office.
Olajengbesi has denied any involvement with cult groups. The letter states that he has never sponsored, financed, supported or provided resources to any cult group or its members for criminal, political or other unlawful activities, nor authorised anyone to intimidate or attack members of the public on his behalf.
The demand requires Fadahunsi to retract the statements through the same media outlets and platforms on which they were published or disseminated, and to issue an unequivocal public apology in appropriate national media and on social media. Should he fail to comply within the 24-hour window, Olajengbesi intends to seek ₦10 billion as general and aggravated damages.
The exchange occurs against a backdrop of heightened political tension in Osun State ahead of the 15 August poll. Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East, has been a vocal critic of the Adeleke administration. Separate comments attributed to him in recent days have also drawn police attention and civil society condemnation, though he has maintained that certain remarks were misinterpreted or taken out of context.
Olajengbesi serves as a prominent public face of the governor’s re-election effort under the Accord Party. The formal legal step adds a personal dimension to the already charged campaign environment, where allegations of cult involvement, sponsorship of violence and questions of origin have featured in public discourse.
Whether the senator will respond to the demand within the stipulated time, or whether the matter proceeds to court, remains to be seen. For now, the notice places the disputed television remarks at the centre of a potential high-stakes defamation action just as voters prepare to decide the state’s next governor.