The Accord Party candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency, Ladi Adebayo, also known as Omo Lere, plans to contact international bodies over comments made by Senator Francis Fadahunsi before Saturday’s Osun governorship election.
Adebayo announced this on Thursday. He intends to reach out to the International Criminal Court and the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice regarding the remarks.
He also said he would inform the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the UK Parliament.
Adebayo said Fadahunsi made these comments at a rally near the Ilesa roundabout, right after he spoke at the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland's palace.
In a video seen by PUNCH Online, Fadahunsi said, “They call one ‘Lere’ in Iperindo. He has followed the steps of his father, Adebayo. They burnt down his father’s house some years back.
“He has started moving about with soldiers and has started doing wicked things to the people of Iperindo.”
Adebayo claimed Fadahunsi’s mention of the burning of his father’s house in Ilesa in 1983 was a threat. This event happened after his father switched from the Unity Party of Nigeria to the National Party of Nigeria.
“My deeper concern lies in the Senator’s dangerous ‘dog whistle.’ During his address, he explicitly referenced the burning of my father’s house in Ilesa in 1983, which occurred after my father defected from the UPN to the NPN.
“By making this historical allusion, he clearly suggested that I am destined for a similar fate. I hereby place the public on notice: should any harm or damage come to my properties or person, Senator Fadahunsi must be held directly and fully accountable,” he stated.
Adebayo confirmed he would take “decisive legal action” both in Nigeria and internationally.
“I am not merely raising this issue in the public domain; I am taking decisive legal action in Nigeria and internationally,” he added.
He said he would officially contact the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the UK Parliament, and the ICC.
He also mentioned that he would file a case with the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice.
“While impunity and the erosion of the rule of law may persist in Nigeria, I am placing the international community on high alert.
“2026 is not 1983. The world is now a global village, and justice will not be confined to our borders,” Adebayo said.
This news comes just days after Fadahunsi faced backlash over a different viral video. In that video, he was heard telling APC supporters in Ilesa to deal with any Accord member seen in the town before Saturday’s election.
Fadahunsi later claimed the comment was edited and said he meant for Accord to be defeated by votes, not by violence.
The Osun State Government has already gone to court. They want the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and the state Commissioner of Police to investigate the senator over his remarks.
Governor Ademola Adeleke had earlier called for Fadahunsi’s arrest, calling the comments an incitement to genocide.
Fadahunsi was invited, questioned, and released by the police on Wednesday.
The Osun governorship election, where Adeleke is looking to be re-elected against the APC candidate, will take place on Saturday.
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