Adeola Gives Hunye, Marcus-Bello 24 Hours to Prove Ekiti Origin Claim

…. Threatens Lawsuit

Senator Solomon Adeola, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State, has threatened legal action against Hon. Abayomi Hunye and Ambassador Folake Marcus-Bello over claims linking him to Ekiti State.

Adeola, who represents Ogun West Senatorial District, accused the duo of making false and allegedly libellous statements about his origin and family during separate interviews on Channels Television programmes.

In a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, the senator challenged Hunye, a suspended APC member from Tube in Ipokia Local Government Area, and Marcus-Bello of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to provide evidence supporting their claims within 24 hours or face legal action.

According to Adeola, one of the individuals alleged on television that he is an indigene of Ekiti State but could not identify the specific location when asked to substantiate the claim.

The senator also rejected claims concerning the locations of his parents’ graves, describing the allegations as part of an attempt to reinforce what he called a false narrative about his background.

“I watched in utter disbelief as these characters that I hardly know utter assertive and outrageous lies about my origin without any proof,” Adeola said.

He maintained that the alleged Ekiti origin narrative was previously deployed as a political strategy to frustrate his emergence as senator representing Ogun West but failed, as voters in the district overwhelmingly supported him in the 2023 National Assembly election.

Adeola alleged that the issue had resurfaced because of his bid for the Ogun State governorship in 2027, describing it as an attempt to undermine his political ambition.

He therefore demanded that Hunye and Marcus-Bello publicly produce evidence for their claims within 24 hours, warning that failure to do so would leave him with no option but to commence legal proceedings over the statements made on national television and subsequently circulated across other media platforms.