THE founder of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, on Monday, cautioned the national publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) against heating up the political space of the South-West.

In a statement issued in Lagos, Fasehun accused the ACN chieftain of playing dirty politics by leading “a campaign of lies and propaganda against him, simply because of his involvement in resuscitating the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN).”

He claimed Mohammed had, during a press conference held on Sunday, openly accused the Federal Government of engineering confusion towards the 2015 polls through several means, including the resurrection of UPN.

The OPC leader is the chairman of the committee for the resuscitation of the party founded in 1978.

“We know how far they can go and we are calling the nation to note that although Fasehun entertains no fear from them, should there be any danger lurking around him or his interests, we will not only attack the offending tree, we shall inflict collateral damage on its branches,” the statement read.

It added that “Nigerians must note that Lai Mohammed and his cohorts are the ones introducing instability into the South-West, through indulging in this sort of misinformation, disinformation, lies and propaganda.”

Fasehun also said Mohammed had allegedly used his press conference to orchestrate recent falsehood posted on the internet that the Federal Government awarded him and OPC a monthly N2.4 billion pipeline protection contract, to bankroll a plan to use UPN to rattle ACN in the South-West.

The medical doctor described them as “lies and propaganda concocted by a warped mentality against him, OPC and the common people of Nigeria.”

He recalled that he addressed the press on January 17, 2013 and in subsequent newspaper and television interviews about the OPC proposal to stem pipeline vandalism, emphasising that his organisation was only toeing the line of private security agencies formed by militants in the Niger-Delta who secured pipeline-protection contracts in their area.

He attributed the claims of the ACN spokesman to party politics, declaring that “UPN is an idea whose time has come and no amount of blackmail will stop it.”

According to the OPC leader, “those resuscitating UPN are committed to the legendary ideals of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, which always made the human person the centre piece of government policy.”

Also the UPN chided the ACN for the “lies” concocted against its leadership and advised the ACN to stop playing on public sympathy and allow public discussion to guide political debate with decorum.

In a statement issued by the chairman, UPN Contact and Mobilisation Committee, Adedeji Salau, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the party said “the allegation that the UPN is being resuscitated on the basis of an alleged contract is false. We want to appeal to the ACN to allow truthful public discussion to guide our public debate with decorum.”


http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/9215-don-t-heat-up-south-west-politics-fasehun-tells-lai-mohammed-as-upn-carpets-acn

Dose it mean that any political action in this country this days is directly or indirectly sponsored by the federal government? That is my question to CAN and their attack dogs.

Waiting for Lie Mohammed response...

@Op, the part where he states the OPC organ is being transformed into a private security outfit to stem pipeline vandalism like the ND militants raising the question of what are d duties of the Navy and NSCDC?