The Osun East Senatorial Candidate of Accord Hon. Fadipe Ibukun Isola Sues IGP, AIG, Osun CP, Sen. Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi and others, Demands ₦50 Million Over Alleged Rights Violations

The Osun East Senatorial Candidate of Accord Hon. Fadipe Ibukun Isola Sues IGP, AIG, Osun CP, Sen. Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi and others, Demands ₦50 Million Over Alleged Rights Violations

Hon. Fadipe Ibukun Ishola, the Accord candidate for the Osun East Senatorial District, filed a historic fundamental rights enforcement lawsuit at the Federal High Court located in Osogbo, the political climate in Osun State has intensified.

Hon. Fadipe has dragged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG, Zone XI, Osogbo), the Police Service Commission, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Sen. Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi (All Progressives Congress – APC) and ASP Solomon Wemimo Sunday (the police orderly to Sen Fadahunsi) before the court in Suit No. FHC/OS/144/2026.

According to court filings submitted by his legal team led by Bukola Onifade Esq., the legal action stems from an intense wave of harassment, intimidation, and physical threats occurring between July 26 and July 31, 2026.

Hon. Fadipe alleged that Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, the APC Senatorial Candidate for Osun East Senatorial seat, has continuously instigated police authorities and political thugs to target him. Matters escalated on July 30, 2026, when his orderly Solomon Wemimo Sunday (attached to the 5th Respondent) allegedly led a squad of police personnel and APC thugs to attack and vandalise the Applicant’s campaign office in Ilesa, chasing away staff and destroying properties.

The Applicant further claimed that the Respondents have placed him under strict surveillance and constant restriction, severely undermining his business operations as a businessman and hampering his freedom of movement and campaign activities ahead of the forthcoming February 2027 general elections.

The Originating Summons is brought pursuant to the court’s inherent jurisdiction and anchored firmly on crucial chapters of domestic and international law.

Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended in 2023) states that protecting the dignity of the human person and shielding citizens from torture, inhuman, or degrading treatment in response to the severe mental anguish and anxiety inflicted on the Applicant.

Section 41 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended in 2023) states that the right to freedom of movement across Nigeria, which the Applicant argues has been infringed by police monitoring and restriction.

Section 43 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended in 2023) states that protecting the citizen’s right to acquire and own immovable property is invoked to safeguard his campaign offices and business facilities against violent disruption.

Section 46 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended in 2023) states that the provision of direct access to the Federal High Court for redress when fundamental rights are breached or threatened.

International Frameworks show the suit also draws support from the Fundamental Human Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 2009, and Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights regarding personal liberty.

Hon. Fadipe is praying the Federal High Court for severe redress, which includes a formal court declaration that the constant police invitations, threats of arrest, and politically motivated intimidation orchestrated against him are illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void.

Orders restraining the respondents and their agents from further arresting, detaining, harassing, or curtailing the personal liberty and movement of the Applicant regarding 2027 election matters.

The joint and several payment of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira) as aggravated damages for the flagrant violation of his fundamental rights.

An order compelling the respondents to issue a public apology across two widely read national newspapers.

The case highlights mounting concerns over the weaponisation of security apparatuses in political contests within the region as political actors position themselves for the forthcoming electoral cycle.
By virtue of section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, the Applicant has the constitutional right to belong to any association of his choice including any political party of his choice. The problem the Applicant has with the Respondents is that the Applicant is gaining more ground and he is getting more popular in Osun East Senatorial District and it is obvious that he will unsit the 5th Respondent and that is why the 5th Respondent is using the 1st-4th and 6th Respondents to intimidate, harass and arrest the Applicant unlawful.