Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, has insisted that the viral video in which he was alleged to have directed his supporters to kill members of the Accord Party and their family members was edited to misrepresent his comment.
Senator Fadahunsi made this clarification on Wednesday after being interrogated by the police at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo over the controversial video.
Speaking to newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the police at the Criminal Investigation Department of the command, the senator said he was referring to using votes to “Kill” the Accord Party in the August 15 governorship election, rather than physically attacking its members or their families.
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He also expressed concern over recent killings in his constituency, alleging that the attacks were aimed at frightening voters from coming out to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
Fadahunsi maintained that he was addressing what he described as the continued killing of APC members by alleged thugs in Ilesa and other parts of the state.
“Well, we have met, and I have told them what I said, not the one manipulated by mischievous interpreters of our language. I am a Yoruba man. If an Igbo or Hausa woman is interpreting Yoruba to me, Yoruba means many things.
“We said, come Saturday, election, we will kill them with our votes. Go and watch the video; it is almost 38 minutes long.
“A mischievous man, I don’t know where it comes from, whether it’s on drugs or where, misinterpreted from somebody’s blog. So, we’ll wait until after this to see what we can do legally to search,” Fadahunsi said.
