 in Osun State has asked the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS)){kind=link}
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has asked the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate Senator Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East) over alleged acts of intimidation and harassment.
The petition was jointly filed by the state chairman of the PDP, Sunday Bisi, and the party’s director of administration, Mustapha Sikiru.
They accused the lawmaker of threatening them for challenging his defection from the party in court.
The petition, dated September 5 and signed by Raphael Oyewole, counsel to the petitioners, was acknowledged by the police on September 8.
It was titled: “Petition against Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi for Criminal Intimidation, Harassment and Threat to Life of Mustapha Sikiru and Sunday Bisi, Chairman of PDP in Osun State; A Call for Urgent Intervention to Prevent Loss of Lives and Breach of Peace.”
Oyewole said the PDP had filed five separate cases at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the defection of five federal lawmakers elected on its platform.
“Among the defendants in the said suits is senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, the suspect in this petition,” he added.
He alleged that rather than submit to the legal process, Fadahunsi resorted to threats and harassment. According to him, the senator called one of the party officials and issued threats in Yoruba, which were later translated into English in the petition.
“The senator’s statements were laced with insults, intimidation and a clear threat of grievous harm, simply because your petitioners carried out their lawful duty of filing and deposing to court processes in a constitutional suit involving his unlawful defection from the PDP,” the petition reads.
Citing Section 86 of the Criminal Code Act, Oyewole argued that threatening another person with injury to life, reputation, or property is a criminal offence, especially when aimed at compelling that person to refrain from lawful acts.
He urged the police and DSS to act swiftly to prevent any harm to his clients and their families.
Five lawmakers from Osun recently defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They include Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central), Omirin Olusanya, Taofeek Ajilesoro, Oluwole Oke and Fadahunsi.