National Coordinator of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Iba Gani Adams, has hinted that the group might go into partisan politics if the conditions that warranted its establishment are not in place in the country in the coming months.
Adams, who is also the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, said this at the 25th-anniversary celebration of the organisation on Thursday in Lagos.
The monarch said that since the establishment of the OPC on August 13, 1995 was for the revalidation of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola and good governance in the country, it does not believe that the purpose has been achieved.
He said the demand for the restructuring of the country remains valid, adding that without it there would be no meaningful progress.
He said: “Without mincing words, let me say categorically: the next few months will determine whether we will remain politically neutral or partisan. Do not forget that what gave birth to the OPC was the struggle for the revalidation of the June 12, 1993 presidential mandate of the late Bashorun Abiola. From there, we went on to demand for a total restructuring of the country.
“Till date, that has not been achieved. And, unfortunately, we have not seen any tangible evidence or sign that we are moving in that direction, with all of us knowing that the way the country is presently structured can only bring nothing but disaster.
The most recent minimum irreducible for those who have followed this agitation on restructuring is for the government to implement the recommendations of the National Conference convoked by the Administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.”
