The O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC) has said it may sue the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its failure to pay it N1.9 billion, being the debt accrued for the pipeline protection contract terminated over a month ago.
OPC founder Frederick Fasehun, who spoke yesterday to aviation correspondents in Lagos, said the contract was awarded to the OPC to protect NNPC’s pipeline from Mosimi in Ogun to Oyo State.
He debunked the claim that the contract was awarded for political reasons by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Fasehun said:”The contract was drafted by the NNPC and both parties signed it. We began on March 16 and the contract was for three months.
“I put 4,020 youths on the job. We did the job with utmost integrity and commitment. There was no complaint of pipeline vandalism.
“We were not mobilised but we went ahead to do the job because we felt concerned that the nation’s lifeline was being threatened.
“While the contract was on, there was a change in government but I believe government is continuum and any contract signed on behalf of one government should be honoured by its successor.”
