The
founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, has
described as blatant lie claims that he had secured a contract to protect the
nation’s oil pipelines.
founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, has
described as blatant lie claims that he had secured a contract to protect the
nation’s oil pipelines.
Speaking
with the Nigerian Tribune on the phone at the weekend he said the rumour was
the handiwork of some detractors, who had become jittery because of the current
move by him and other like-minds to resuscitate the Unity Party of Nigeria
[UPN].
with the Nigerian Tribune on the phone at the weekend he said the rumour was
the handiwork of some detractors, who had become jittery because of the current
move by him and other like-minds to resuscitate the Unity Party of Nigeria
[UPN].
He explained that while it was true that his organization applied for such
critical job as far back as October 2010, Fasehun emphatically declared that
the authorities had neither responded to the application nor communicated to
OPC in any form on the matter.
“My
brother, I don’t know the source of the rumour. We applied for the contract in
2010, and we have not received any response to it as of today. I think the
rumour is the handiwork of some detractors because I have resuscitated UPN.
They want to blackmail me,” he stated.
brother, I don’t know the source of the rumour. We applied for the contract in
2010, and we have not received any response to it as of today. I think the
rumour is the handiwork of some detractors because I have resuscitated UPN.
They want to blackmail me,” he stated.
Insisting
that he would never succumb to such blackmail, the medical practitioner queried
the source of the falsehood, which he said was being feasted on by the social
media.
that he would never succumb to such blackmail, the medical practitioner queried
the source of the falsehood, which he said was being feasted on by the social
media.
Fasehun
said his group had more than six million people, adding there was no way the
contract would not have gone a long a way in creating employment for at least
50,000 persons if the authorities had approved the OPC application.
said his group had more than six million people, adding there was no way the
contract would not have gone a long a way in creating employment for at least
50,000 persons if the authorities had approved the OPC application.
Besides,
he said as citizens of the country, the Yoruba had the right to get their own
fair share of what other ethnic groups in the country were benefitting as
citizens of Nigeria.
he said as citizens of the country, the Yoruba had the right to get their own
fair share of what other ethnic groups in the country were benefitting as
citizens of Nigeria.
Source: Tribune
