PDP Accuses APC Of ‘Warlike Rhetoric’ After Senator Fadahunsi’s ‘Kill Accord Party Members’ Threat | Sahara Reporters
The opposition party said the ruling APC sees elections as war while normalising the blood of Nigerians as the price for political power.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned controversial remarks by Osun State Senator Francis Fadahunsi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which he allegedly threatened to kill, accusing the ruling party of promoting a dangerous political culture in which violence is being normalised ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The opposition party said the ruling APC sees elections as war while normalising the blood of Nigerians as the price for political power.
The PDP, in a statement issued on Wednesday, by its National Publicity Secretary of the Interim National Working Committee, Ini Ememobong, said Nigerians and the international community received with shock the video in which Fadahunsi, ahead of August 15 governorship election in Osun State, declared, “So, we have come to tell you, up till the day of the election, if we see them, it is killing.”
The opposition party described the statement as “uncivilised and appalling”. However, it said it is consistent with what it described as a pattern of warlike rhetoric associated with the APC and its political leadership.
The PDP also referenced past comments attributed to President Bola Tinubu, as the APC’s presidential candidate at the 2023 general elections, when he said, “Political power is not going to be served in a restaurant… At all costs, fight for it, grab it, and run with it,” as well as the assertion that “all is fair in politics.”
“These and many more hurtful rhetorics have been deployed by the ruling party unapologetically, and this has raised the political temperature of the country to unprecedented fever-pitch levels,” Ememobong stated.
The party argued that elections were never intended to be “a do-or-die contest,” but rather a democratic process through which citizens freely choose their leaders.
The PDP accused the APC of turning Nigeria’s electoral process into a battleground by intimidating citizens, silencing opposition voices, and attempting to influence the outcome of future elections.
“What Nigerians face instead is a ruling party that has normalised warlike rhetoric- intimidating the people, silencing the opposition, and working to impose a predetermined outcome on the electorate in 2027,” Ememobong added.
The PDP specifically demanded a transparent investigation into the alleged remarks by Fadahunsi and other threats capable of undermining peaceful and credible elections in Osun State.
The opposition party also called on President Tinubu, the APC and its officials to stop what it described as the deployment of “anti-democratic narratives and threats” under the guise of political communication.
“Civility must take centre stage in our political communication, and the elections must be a true reflection of the will of the people, freely given through the ballot,” Ememobong stated.
The party maintained that adherence to democratic principles was necessary for the survival of Nigeria’s democracy and the country itself.
“This is the irreducible minimum, which the government and all political parties must adhere to, in the interest of the survival of democracy and the country,” Ememobong added.
