Osun election: Adeleke’s campaign spokesman threatens N10bn suit against Fadahunsi
Pelumi Olajengbesi, a campaign spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election, has threatened a ₦10bn suit against the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, “for defamation and injurious falsehood”.
In a letter dated August 12, 2026 and addressed to the lawmaker by Olajengbesi’s lawyer, Hammed Lasisi, Esq., Olajengbesi considered certain statements made by Fadahunsi about him during live television interviews on Viable TV on 2nd July 2026 and Channels Television’s Politics Today on 11th August 2026 as malicious and injurious to his personality.
Olajengbesi demanded an immediate retraction of the statements and an unequivocal public apology within 24 hours, after which legal proceedings would be instituted.
The letter read, “On 2nd July 2026, our Client’s attention was drawn to a live interview granted by you and aired on Viable TV, which was subsequently reproduced, republished and widely disseminated through Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, X, Instagram and other social and digital media platforms.
“During the said interview, you launched a direct attack on the identity, character and reputation of our Client by stating, among other things, that our Client was “not even from the same Ijebu-Jesha” and was “from somewhere in Ogun State.” You further accused him of “using thugs, Eiye and Aye.”
“These statements directly questioned our Client’s identity and origin as a son of Ijebu-Jesa and, more gravely, imputed that he sponsors, associates with and/or deploys thugs and members of the Eiye and Aye cult groups in furtherance of his political activities.
“Again, on 11th August 2026, during your live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, you made another direct statement concerning our Client while commenting on the late Ajayi Aderogba, also known as Rogba, to wit: ‘Rogba is an Eiye man sponsored by Barr. Olajengbesi terrorising the whole … my own territory up and down through all these Eiye and Aye.’
“The natural, ordinary and unmistakable meaning conveyed by the above statement is that our Client sponsors, finances, supports and/or patronises members of the Eiye and Aye cult groups and deploys them to terrorise members of the public.”
Olajengbesi denied these allegations as false, defamatory and gravely injurious to his personal, professional and political reputation.
“The allegation of sponsoring cultists and persons engaged in acts of terror is particularly serious, as it imputes criminality and conduct wholly incompatible with our Client’s standing as a legal practitioner, public figure and candidate for elective office.
Olajengbesi said he has never sponsored, financed, supported, patronised or otherwise provided resources to any cult group or its members for criminal, political or other unlawful activities. Neither has he authorised any person to terrorise, intimidate or attack members of the public on his behalf.
Olajengbesi demanded that Fadahunsi retract the defamatory statements through the same media and platforms by which they were published and/or disseminated, and publish an unequivocal and unreserved public apology through appropriate national media and social media platforms.
Olajengbesi’s lawyer said that if he fails to do so within 24 hours, he will approach the court to compel Fadahunsi to pay ₦10,000,000,000.00 (Ten Billion Naira) as general and aggravated damages for defamation and injurious falsehood.
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