Adeleke camp threatens Osun senator with ₦10bn suit over defamation allegation

Campaign spokesman for Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to institute a ₦10bn suit against the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial Dis Campaign spokesman for Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to institute a ₦10bn suit against the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, “for defamation and injurious falsehood. ”...

• Campaign spokesman for Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to institute a ₦10bn suit against the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial Dis Campaign spokesman for Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to institute 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, Olajengbesi described certain statements made by Fadahunsi about him during live television interviews on Viable TV on July 2, 2026, and Channels Television’s Politics Today on August 11, 2026, as malicious and injurious to his reputation.Olajengbesi demanded an immediate retraction of the statements and an unequivocal public apology within 24 hours, failing which legal proceedings would be instituted.The letter read in part, “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.