Condoling with the family of the late writer in particular and Yoruba people in general via a statement issued by his Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, in Lagos on Wednesday, Adams extolled the virtues of late Pa Faleti
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Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, said that Nigeria had lost a prolific legal mind.
Otunba Adams said OPC remains consistent in the defence of Yoruba interests, despite consistent assault from political forces within the zone.
According to the Lagos State Coordinator of the OPC, Alhaji Mutairu Adéshínà, the statement coming from these set of people expelled from the Otunba Gani Adams-led OPC in 2015, is a tissue of lies and a fabrication of what they dream of
This is coming on the heels of similar treatment meted out to a suspected member of the group on Saturday and the arrest of over 100 of them by a combined team of the police and members of the Oodua People’s Congress and local vigilante groups
According to available information, the raid was carried out on Saturday
The meeting was targeted at putting in place solid plans to combat incessant kidnapping and cultism attacks in the Ikorodu axis of the state
At the ceremony, which held inside the Palace of Oba Akran, the prominent monarch stated that the reason Otunba Adams was offered the chieftaincy was in recognition of his contributions to the promotion of the tourism sector in Badagry through Olokun Festival Foundation, which yearly organizes Olokun Festival that had been held in the last 15 years.
According to Adams who is also the Convener of Oodua Progressive Union, the future of Nigeria is in the hands of the lawmakers
Adams said this on Monday during the 24th anniversary celebration of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the late Bashorun MKO Abiola
The Chief Promoter of Olokun Festival Foundation, Otunba Gani Adams, made this known during the Obatala Festival, which held at Baptist Primary School, Igangan, Oyo State at the weekend
The Alafin, who was represented by the Bashorun of Oyo, Chief Ayoade Olawuyi, during the 2017 edition of the annual Aje Festival in Lagos, said there is a strong need to shift focus from oil to tourism
NACOMYO, in the statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Kamal’deen Akintunde, said the warning became necessary after the publication of a press statement by the OMC by The Eagle Online, discrediting the Muslim Rights Concern and its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola
This followed an attack on MURIC by OMC after a statement by Akintola on the need for religious balancing of the country’s security agencies
The group in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Lateef Adeyera, and General Secretary, Alhaji Ambali Olubodun Noibi, who are also the Vice Chairman and Deputy Organising Secretaries of the Oodua People’s Congress, said the statement by the Muslim Rights Concern represents a “new generation of agent provocateurs” who are being used to cause disaffection and hate among the Yoruba people
According to information available to The Eagle Online, the amiable Convener of Oodua Progressive Union has had a birthday party planned out for him in Ikeja area of Lagos State
Otunba Gani Adams, the National Coordinator, Oodua Peoples’ Congress and Global Convener of Oodua Progressive Union, said this in reaction to the death of Famakinwa
The OPC, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Otunba Gani Adams, described the outcome of the police investigation as biased and lopsided
The visit, according to the group, was a part of its sensitization drive
The Publicity Secretary of the Gani Adams-led OPC, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, confirmed the development