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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi

Senator, Osun East (Senatorial) · PDP

Assessment Profile06

Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi has represented Osun East (Ife-Ijesa zone) since June 2019 and was re-elected in February 2023. His legislative record is anchored by his background as a retired senior customs officer: in the 9th Senate he served as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, using that platform to call publicly for the sacking of Customs Comptroller General Col. Hammed Ali over alleged recruitment irregularities and later to oppose the proposed concession of customs revenue collection to a foreign firm. In the 10th Senate he chairs the Senate Committee on Industry and sponsored the Orthopaedic Hospital Amendments Bill, which the Senate passed in April 2025, and an earlier bill for a Federal University of Education in Ilesa. Constituency-side, documented palliative distributions — 150 buses, 300 motorcycles, and other items in June 2022; 3,000 bags of rice at Ilase-Ijesa; seedlings across all 10 local government areas in 2025 — show sustained, if welfare-style, engagement with the district. His floor posture on security has been forthright: he criticised the silo mentality among security agencies and in December 2025 publicly urged President Tinubu to replace the NSA with a retired military officer. The integrity axis is weakened by a mid-term party switch: he resigned from the PDP in June 2025 and was formally received into the APC in February 2026, departing the party on whose platform he was twice elected. The PDP subsequently filed suit in the Federal High Court seeking his removal. No EFCC or ICPC charges have been filed against him. On balance, a credible customs-focused legislative record and documented constituency engagement are offset by the mid-term defection, producing a mixed overall grade.

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Legal Record07

No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.

This grade rates performance in office, not any person’s guilt. Criminal matters appear above only as their court status. How we grade.

Sources20
  1. 1Chief Fadahunsi of PDP wins Osun East Senatorial seatThe Nigerian Voice · 2019-02-24
  2. 2National Assembly polls: Osun PDP maintains clean sheet, sweeps all seatsDaily Post Nigeria · 2023-02-27
  3. 32023 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun StateWikipedia
  4. 4Proposed Fed. University Of Education, Ilesa Will Boost Osun Economy – FadahunsiOsun Defender · 2022-04-16
  5. 5Senate Passes Bill Seeking Establishment Of Federal Orthopaedics Hospital In OsunOsun Defender · 2025-04-05
  6. 6Ministers, governors behind plans to concession Nigerian Customs Service — FadahunsiPunch Newspapers
  7. 7Senator Fadahunsi accuses Customs Service of fraudulent recruitment, postingDaily Post Nigeria · 2020-01-17
  8. 8Osun Senator, Francis Fadahunsi calls for resignation of Customs bossDaily Post Nigeria · 2021-09-05
  9. 9FULL LIST: All PDP senators voted for electronic transmission of election results; all APC senators voted againstGazette Nigeria · 2021-07-15
  10. 10Leadership of the Standing Committees of the 10th Senate (2023-2027)Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) · 2023-08-01
  11. 11As Senate Frontally Confronts Nigeria's Security FailuresThis Day Live · 2025-11-24
  12. 12Replace Ribadu with ex-military officer as NSA, Senator urges TinubuPunch Newspapers · 2025-12-03
  13. 13OSUN: Fadahunsi Presents 150 Buses, 300 Motorcycles, Others To ConstituencyNaija Times · 2022-06-16
  14. 14Senator canvasses rice farming to strengthen nairaPunch Newspapers
  15. 15Senator Fadahunsi distributes seedlings to boost food security in Osun EastTribune Online · 2025-05-01
  16. 16Senator Fadahunsi is an Exemplary Leader — Governor AdelekeOsun State Official Website · 2024-07-01
  17. 17Osun Senator Fadahunsi dumps PDP over protracted legal battlesPunch Newspapers · 2025-07-19
  18. 18Four Senators From Osun, Akwa-Ibom Defect From PDP To Ruling APCSahara Reporters · 2025-07-23
  19. 19Osun: Sen. Fadahunsi, four other NASS members formally defect to APCThe News Guru · 2026-02-01
  20. 20PDP asks court to sack four Osun lawmakers over defectionPunch Newspapers · 2025-08-20