Eyewitnesses, who were at different polling units at Ago Palace Way and Okota, said members of OPC successfully scuttled the exercise, forcing voters to scamper for safety.
Browsing: Frederick Fasehun
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday attended the funeral of late Dr. Frederick Fasehun, the founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, at the Cathedral Church of Saint Stephen, Oke-Aluko, Ondo, Ondo State.
The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has described the late Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, Dr Frederick Fasehun, as great patriot and a selfless leader.
The All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2019 governorship elections in Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the Fasehun family over the death of their patriarch, Pa Frederick Fasehun, founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, a pan-Yoruba movement.
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has described the late founder of Odu’a Peoples Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, as a Yoruba irredentist who lived and died for the collective interest of the race.
Describing Fasehun as a historical figure and a foremost father of the country’s Fourth Republic democracy, Agbaje said his transition at this time in the country’s political history was personally painful to him.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Fasehun, founder and leader of the Oodua People’s Congress died in Lagos early Saturday morning at the age of 83.
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, told NAN that Fasehun was an irrepressible social crusader and dedicated fighter.
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Yoruba nation over the passing of the founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr Frederick Fasehun.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Fasehun, the founder and leader of the Oodua People’s Congress died in Lagos in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness.
The Senior Special Adviser on Media to Fasehun, Adeoye Jolaosho, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday.
Fasehun spoke with newsmen on the sidelines of a youth conference organised by the group in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this was contained in a communique issued at the end of the National Executive Committee MEETING of the party
NAN recalls that controversy had trailed the UPN leadership, but the convention saw Dr. Frederick Fasehun emerging as its National Chairman, which put paid to the internal wrangling within the party
According to the acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Manzo Abubakar: “The explanation the Monitoring Committee of INEC are seeking from the legal department (of INEC) is whether our decision to suspend the National Chairman is in line with the spirit of our constitution
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Fasehun said that it had become clear that “the dissidents in the UPN were working with a well financed mole of another party planted in-house to provoke implosion of UPN
NAN recalled that the UPN, in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Dr. Fredrick Fasheun, said that it did not field any candidate to contest the election
“However, we will not compromise integrity in the quest for power.
“UPN has come to offer not just a change but a positive change, which will be characterised with improved standard of living
Fasehun said in a statement in Lagos that the step should be taken to immortalise the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election
Speaking as a Guest Speaker during the 7th Anniversary cum Award Conference, tagged: “Gender Balancing: The Place of the Nigeria Woman in the 21st Century Politics,” put together by Kate Onianwa, a lawyer, in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Thursday, the OPC chieftain maintained that an army of politically-savvy Nigerians must be raised to support honest, compassionate and visionary women to take over power if Nigeria must outlive its present predicament