The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has urged the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the Constitution to consider returning the country back to regional system of government. This was contained in a statement by the publicity Secretary of OPC, Yinka Oguntimehin on Sunday. The Yoruba socio-cultural organization said it is lending its support to … Read more
By Babawale Solomon Eko Hot Blog reports that the Executive Chairman of Eredo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Ismail Monsuru Akinloye, represented by Vice Chairman, Hon. Adesanya Lateef, on Thursday, presented vehicles to three supervisors and a patrol vehicle to the Eredo Security Forum (ESF). The presentation ceremony held at the Eredo LCDA secretariat … Read more
OPC has distanced itself from the Ojota unrest, calling for peace. Eko Hot Blog reports that the President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, has distanced the socio-cultural organisation from the unrest that reportedly broke out between police and suspected Yoruba nation agitators. EDITOR’S PICKS Ojota Unrest: Police Confirm One Killed, Two … Read more
President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, has distanced the socio-cultural organisation from the unrest that reportedly broke out between police and suspected Yoruba nation agitators. EDITOR’S PICKS Buhari Mourns Kebbi Boat Victims PVC: Peter Obi Sends Message To Nigerians Ahead Of The 2023 Election Why I Endorsed Peter Obi For President … Read more
Police report have shown that members of OPC were not involved in Ajase-ipo clash EKO HOT BLOG reports that Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Kwara State chapter, Comrade Ganiyu Oladipupo, has disclosed that the police report had shown his members were not involved in the crisis leading to the death of four persons in … Read more
OPC, Cattle Traders’ Clash Leaves Four Dead In Kwara EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than four people were killed in a clash between cattle dealers and members of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ajase, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State, on Friday. Some commercial vehicles and passengers plying the area … Read more
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has arrested a notorious cultist popularly known as ‘Ewe’ in Lagos State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) at Ita-Opo in the Epe area of Lagos State, has arrested a notorious cult leader, Qudus Balogun well known as ‘Ewe’. It was gathered that the notorious cultist … Read more
A member of the New Era Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has allegedly stabbed another member of the group to death in Lagos State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a member of the New Era Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Tope Lucky, has allegedly killed another member of the group, Wasiu Ogunnaike, in the Epe area of … Read more
OPC will continue to maintain excellent relationship with security agencies to ensure law and order The Frederick Fasehun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has flayed Abulrahman Dambazau, a former army chief, for likening the group to Boko Haram insurgents. The OPC is a Yoruba nationalist organisation. Dambazau had, on Friday, said OPC and … Read more
The abiding features of both groups are similar to that of Boko Haram when the insurgent group started out in 2009. Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former chief of army staff, says the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) are similar to the monstrous Boko Haram terrorists in terms of ideology. … Read more
Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has exonerated the Fulanis from the crimes being perpetrated in the South West, saying Fulanis play no role in the unrest and Insecurity that ravage the region. Speaking at a pan Yoruba congress held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, Adams said some Yoruba traitors are … Read more
The Oyo state police command has charged three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) with three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson for their role in the arrest of Fulani “warlord”, Abdullahi Wakili. The trio of Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem, 38, and Hassan Ramon, 33, were arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court … Read more
The Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, has described a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a ‘lie merchant and an expert in misinformation.’ Narrating his experience during the raid to capture Wakili, Olumo stated that the operation that led to the arrest of Wakili and three other … Read more
Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Oyo State, Rotimi Olumo, has described a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a ‘lie merchant and an expert in misinformation.’ Olumo said this in a statement on Wednesday following a claim by Fani-Kayode that the Fulani warlord, Abdullah Iskilu-Wakili, captured by OPC members on Sunday was … Read more
There were news circulating recently in the social media that the detained OPC operatives in Oyo were moved to Abuja after they were arrested following their arrest of Iskilu Wakili. However, the OPC coordinator in Oyo state, Rotimi Oluomo refuted the news early yesterday evening. He said the three detained OPC Members were not moved to Abuja and that the three of … Read more
Some OPC members over the weekend effected the arrest of an alleged Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili The OPC members were however arrested by operatives of the state’s police command The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will do everything possible to prevent any miscarriage of justice. He stated this on Monday … Read more
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has condemned the arrest of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members who arrested Iskili Wakili. The Yoruba leader described Wakili as a comedian who pretended to be unhealthy to avoid investigation. Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has condemned the arrest of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members who arrested Iskili … Read more
Few hours ago, there was jubilation everywhere in the South Western part of Nigeria after a notorious Fulani warlord, Isikilu Wakili was nabbed by men of the Oduduwa People’s Congress (OPC) in Oyo forest. A report indicated that Wakili was accused of terrorising the people of Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State and … Read more
The war against kidnapping has been intensified in Oyo state This is as the operatives of the OPC arrested 4 suspected kidnappers in the Ibarapa axis Oyo state chapters of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Sunday, February 27, arrested four suspected kidnappers in Ibarapa area of Oyo state. The group under the supervision of … Read more
he Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday warned members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) against engaging in activities that could further heat up the polity. Speaking when he hosted the OPC members, led by its President, Prince Osibote, in his Palace, the mornach admonished them against taking aw into their … Read more