The tribal clash led to the death of a cobbler, Sakirundeen Adeola, while properties worth several millions were destroyed.
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Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, also known as Askari, the Deputy President to late OPC Founder, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, said this in a statement on Sunday following an emergency meeting of OPC leaders at the Century Hotel, Okota, Lagos.
Awe said the present situation in the country has called for such move, while explaining that the call for the Oodua Republic by the Yoruba was never a crime.
MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement on Monday.
The sad event truly changed the narrative of Nigeria’s political landscape, culminating in the crisis that led to the death of many innocent people in the country. The struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 election became a sort of worry for some people, paving the way for today’s democracy.
The Oodua Peoples Congress on Wednesday donated N3 million for food and procurements of essential items to patients of the deadly COVID-19 disease across the six states of the South West and Kwara and Kogi States.
Speaking a few hours after the inauguration of the security architecture, Abubakar kicked against the formation of the security outfit, describing it as a military wing of the OPC.
Barely 24 hours to the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, Publicity Secretary of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Yinka Oguntimehin, had denied the alleged invasion of Kogi State by members of the OPC.
Oba Adeyemi made this known on Wednesday shortly after holding a closed-door meeting with the Iba Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, at the Palace in Oyo.
Part of the strategies, Adamu said, is his plan to partner with members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, led by the Rare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, to reduce the spate of insecurity in the region.
I tremble in awe of God when I look back at what started 25 years ago as a movement for the validation of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by our own irrepressible Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, but which today has blossomed into the proverbial Iroko tree that, still by the grace of Olodumare, can no longer be uprooted.
The Oodua People’s Congress on Thursday honoured 21 Nigerians for their contributions to the growth of the organisation and their belief in and pursuit of the Yoruba cause.
The National Coordinator of the OPC and Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, dropped the hint at the 25th anniversary celebration of the organisation on Thursday in Lagos.
Adamu, represented by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Leye Oyebade, spoke at the 25th anniversary of the Oodua People’s Congress on Thursday in Lagos.
The Oodua People’s Congress and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria held a meeting in Osogbo on Tuesday to fashion out ways of ensuring peaceful coexistence and improved security in Osun.
Daniel, who is also the Deputy Chairman, South, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, expressed his feeling during a condolence visit to the Lagos home of the late Fasehun.
Fayemi said this on Saturday in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode.
Family members and some friends formed the majority of early comers that signed the registers.
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.