The State Coordinator of OPC, Comrade Pius Ogunsanya, stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Okitipupa on Sunday.
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This is as the OPC called for a reversal of the exercise to prevent a breakdown of law and order between Itsekiri and Ijaw communities.
It also warned that nobody should use the name of the organisation to truncate a proper probe into the death of the hip-hop star.
The OPC’s position was contained in a communique issued by the leadership of the organization at the end of its first meeting of the year at Oodua House,Ikeja, Lagos.
The OPC made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, in Lagos State.
In a statement made available to the media by the publicity Secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, the Yoruba socio-cultural organization said it is lending its support to the growing calls by various ethnic groups across the country for return to the 1960 constitution.
The Yoruba generalissimo said this in Lagos at the Leaders and Stakeholders Ceremony of the OPC on Wednesday.
I am also very excited that God has kept us alive to celebrate this special day in the life of our noble organization, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC)
Speaking on Wednesday during the commemoration of June 12, organised by the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Adams asserted that restructuring Nigeria will serve as a stepping stone for Tinubu’s second term in Office.
The foremost Yoruba socio-cultural organisation also urged the Federal Government to fish out their killers.
Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has described the death of the late Comrade Otepola Oyerinde as a great loss to the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and Yorubaland in general.
Last Tuesday, August 29,the Oodua People’s Congress(OPC) led by the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams celebrated 29th anniversary of the Yoruba socio-cultural organization in grand style.
Obi made the presentation on Monday while on courtesy visit to the Omole Phase 2 palace of Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land.
The spokesman of the OPC, Yinka Oguntimehin, made this known in a statement he issued on Thursday in Lagos.
Highlight of events that culminated in this year’s anniversary began on January 13, 2018 in the ancient town of Oyo
According to reports, the Yoruba Nation group had planned to hold a mega rally at Ojota to press for self-determination.
The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the Kwara State Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement.
OPC gave the warning in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, while reacting to the rising spate of insecurity across the country, especially, with the repeated attack on Owo town.
Speaking in Ikeja, Lagos, at the commemoration anniversary of June 12, organized by the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Iba Gani Adams stated that the late Abiola’s victory in the 1993 elections came with lots of sacrifices, adding that there were some heroes and heroines of that struggle that put their lives on the line for the actualisation of the June 12 struggle.
The OPC said this in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, on the attack in which over 50 died.