The National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams Sunday, has said restructuring is the solution to hate speeches spreading around the country. The OPC leader said this and highlighted that the increased spate of hate speeches indicated that all was not well with the country politically. “With the present hate speeches, it is an... Read More

Hate Speeches, Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, restructuring

July 12, 2017

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131 suspected “badoo boys”, cultists apprehended in Ikorodu

About 131 suspected members of badoo boys and cultists were Tuesday, reportedly arrested in Ikorodu, Lagos, by a joint security task force. The raid, Vanguard reports, was started Tuesday morning, by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, the Rapid Response Sqaud (RRS), the Department of State Services (DSS), Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC),... Read More

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March 24, 2017

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Ile-Ife crisis: Why we arrested only Yoruba suspects – IGP

by Dolapo Adelana The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday said crime has no tribe nor identity. Idris said this while justifying the arrest of only suspects of Yoruba extraction over the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which resulted in the death of about 46 persons. The IGP spoke with State House correspondents... Read More

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October 12, 2016

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Judges arrest: Buhari is an unrepentant dictator – Fasehun

Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari is “an unrepetant dictator”. Fasehun said this while speaking to journalist on the recent arrest of judges by the Department of State Security (DSS) nationwide. He said the Federal Government has continued to go against court rulings and undermine the... Read More

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July 21, 2016

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Pipeline vandalism: OPC offers security assistance to FG

Leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Gani Adams has told the government, that the group is ready to assist in checking criminal activities, especially vandals of oil installations. Adams said this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday. He said the OPC was forced to withdraw its security service after being blacklisted by the... Read More

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April 21, 2015

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OPC gives South Africans 48 hours to stop xenophobic attacks, or else…

by Kolapo Olapoju The South African government has been given 48 hours by the Oodua Peoples Congress to stop the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa or face repercussions. Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, the founder of the OPC issued the ultimatum on Tuesday, April 21, during a press conference in Lagos. “While the Nigerian government... Read More

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April 8, 2015

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We have given you a lot – This is what OPC seems to be saying to Igbos in Lagos

by Chinwe Okafor One would expect that we’d be solving a problem not aggravating it. But the leadership of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) probably thinks otherwise. In a statement released on Wednesday, the body warned Nigerians to stop the uncomplimentary remarks being directed at the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, following his threats to Igbo residents... Read More

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March 23, 2015

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Opinion: The sense and nonsense of Gani Adams

by Tunde Fagbenle …We have our own right, as a citizen of this country. We are not part of amnesty. We need not detain ourselves with the antecedents of Chief Gani Adams. Suffice it to say that he is the leader of a faction of the (once?) dreaded Oodua Peoples’ Congress known by the... Read More

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August 7, 2013

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Opinion: How Asari-Dokubo became a ‘big man’

by Ebenezer Obadare …although there is a notional forswearing of violence, this is strategically counterbalanced by frequent threats to ‘return to the creeks’, as seen in the example with which I began this piece. A while ago, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo’s visceral defence of the Jonathan regime against all real and perceived enemies left many observers bewildered.... Read More

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July 5, 2013

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Phone theft: OPC tortures man to death right before his mother

by Rachel Ogbu The pan-Yoruba group, Oodua People’s Congress has been accused of torturing a man to death after he was arrested for stealing a BlackBerry phone and an undisclosed amount of money in Ijora Badia, Lagos. Mother of 27-year-old Sulaimon Jimoh claimed to have witnessed the incident. She reportedly said the OPC men tortured... Read More

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