The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress,
Chief Gani Adams, has said the group is not supporting any of
the presidential candidates contesting the February 14
election. The OPC leader, who was represented by the Assistant
General Secretary of the group, Lasun Ogunfowokan, said this
in Ile Ife on Friday at the sideline of a quiz organised by
the OPC for students in Osun State.
He stated that the group was not supporting President
Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buahari (retd.) and other contestants.
Adams added that his faction of OPC was not partisan and
would not support any of the candidates against the others.
He said, “We are not partisan. The OPC led by Chief Gani
Adams is made up of freedom fighters. We are not supporting any of the presidential candidates.
“But we are calling on all our members and other Nigerians to
go and collect their permanent voter cards to enable them to
participate in the general elections.”
He urged the Yoruba people to be united and shun politics of
bitterness for development to continue in the region. Speaking earlier at the quiz, he lamented the way some
Yoruba were relegating the language to the background,
saying this could endanger the existence and usage of the
Yoruba culture.
According to him, many Yoruba parents do not care if their
children fail Yoruba in public examinations while criticising the nonchalant attitude of many Yoruba people to lack of
proficiency in the language.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/opc-not-supporting-jonathan-buhari-adams/