snowland: The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, said his group is opposed to a former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress, because Mr. Tinubu instructed governors of the South-West states not to deal with or empower the OPC.
Mr. Adams said this at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday in reaction to reports that his organization plans to disrupt the forthcoming general elections.
He said while Mr. Tinubu plotted to destroy the OPC by denying it of government patronage, President Goodluck Jonathan has been magnanimous, awarding pipeline protection contracts to leaders of the organisation and other militants across the country.
“Deliberately Tinubu instructed all the governors (South-west governors) don’t work with OPC, don’t empower OPC, don’t associate yourself with OPC,” Mr. Adams said.
“Ask our people from the south west, if you threat us very well, why should we get an opportunity from your enemy? If you gave us jobs, if you empower us, we would turn down the offer from the federal government. Because you neglected us, you don’t want the organization to exist anymore.
Mr Adams admitted that he, Frederick Faseun, and another militant leader from Ondo state were given multi billion naira contracts to protect pipelines, saying as Nigerians they have a right to share from the nation’s commonwealth.
He said, “They alleged that some ethnic militia collected nine billion, what I know is that President Goodluck Jonathan gave us a contract to protect pipeline and in that pipeline contract, the analysis is that Nigeria is losing 1.3 trillion naira every year to vandals. And when you see how much they will pay us for a year, in six zones- we have three zones in south west, three in South-South. I have only one in South-West; Dr. Fasheun has one and another guy in Ondo has one.
“The entire money NNPC will spend for us to protect the pipeline is not up to four billion for the six zones. You know what happened, they intentionally wrote the propaganda to affect the rally of last Monday, and at the same time, they haven’t given us a dime for the contract. President Jonathan has not given us money; we are just planning on how to start the job now. You cannot get money, it’s not a contract of buying something.
“As a Nigerian, we have a right to share from the commonwealth and that does not mean they have induced us. Tinubu is the chairman of OandO, and it’s an oil company and hardly will you see any governor in Nigeria that does not have interest in oil business. Hardly will you see any that minister does not have interest in oil business. Look, the south-south has been benefiting from the Amnesty package from the past four or five years. We have never benefited from it.”
The OPC leader described the All Progressive Congress as a party that strives on propaganda.
The OPC leader said his organisation wants the country to move forward and has decided to support the re-election bid of President Jonathan.
“We are not saying because we are supporting President Jonathan, we should be an enemy of other political parties. When you watch carefully, you will realize that nothing less than 23 political parties partially support President Goodluck Jonathan, so we are not here to harm any other political party,” he said.
Speaking on the protest by the OPC for the removal of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chair, Attahiru Jega, which many Nigerians, particularly the All Progressive Congress termed a violent protest, Mr. Adams described the APC as a party that thrives on propaganda.
“We deliberately kept quiet for one week to make sure that they lied to the extent that we would come out to tell the world that 85 per cent information coming from the APC is fallacy.
“You can’t win an election based on fallacy or propaganda and they have used their strength to concentrate on CCN protest rather than to go from house to house to campaign.
“If you watched newspapers, you will see some parasites signing different press releases that Gani Adams should resign, you will see Shina Akinpelu, and then you see Monsuru Akande again, so you see the level of propaganda? We even investigated; the second press release was released from the state (Lagos) secretariat in Acme, coordinated by Ajomale. Why are they doing that?
He maintained that the protest was not against Mr. Tinubu or the APC.
“We did not protest against Tinubu or APC. Why are they supporting the wrongdoing of Jega? I think most of them are product of free and fair election of 1993, so we should upgrade the conduct of our election and what happened yesterday has justified our protest.
“I don’t see why you should deny 19 per cent which is 12 million registered voters of their right to enfranchise. And if you recall, in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the number of Nigerians who made the difference for MKO Abiola was 14 million. By the time you deny 12 million people the chance to exercise their right, certain signal is coming, but I’m appealing to Nigerians, they should not allow Jega to provoke them. Let us accept the faith but let the history run against Jega.”
OPC not a threat to election
Mr. Adams said his group is not a threat to the coming elections and was not sponsored by President Jonathan.
“Well, we have witnessed 1999 election, we didn’t get involved in violence, we witnessed the 2003, we didn’t disrupt the election, 2007 same thing happened, 2011 same thing happened, why should we disrupt election,.
“We challenge them, let them take the pictures to the police to investigate and identify those who destroyed that billboard. The picture that was first sent to the internet was a picture of an event held on eighth of December by Dr. Fredrick Fasheun. So I’m appealing to concentrate on how to win the election and the heart of the electorate and not to be concentrating to destroy the character of anybody who supports President Goodluck Jonathan
“We have been funding our organization before election; you will realize that we have not less than 25 programs in a year. Who is funding those programs? Why should they insinuate that anything that comes from us because of our belief to support President Jonathan that it’s because of money?”
No doubt that people like you and Jonathan will not pay at the end,i just don't bother when grown fools do wrong ,all this money we are talking about is for the whole nja to do better things for the masses it's a shame you dis gani with your dirty looking self can't see beyond your nose ,the money go finish abina America no dey buy oil again and all that opc nonsense can only happen in nja not here in America,what is opc ............................
snowland: The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, said his group is opposed to a former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress, because Mr. Tinubu instructed governors of the South-West states not to deal with or empower the OPC.
Mr. Adams said this at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday in reaction to reports that his organization plans to disrupt the forthcoming general elections.
He said while Mr. Tinubu plotted to destroy the OPC by denying it of government patronage, President Goodluck Jonathan has been magnanimous, awarding pipeline protection contracts to leaders of the organisation and other militants across the country.
“Deliberately Tinubu instructed all the governors (South-west governors) don’t work with OPC, don’t empower OPC, don’t associate yourself with OPC,” Mr. Adams said.
“Ask our people from the south west, if you threat us very well, why should we get an opportunity from your enemy? If you gave us jobs, if you empower us, we would turn down the offer from the federal government. Because you neglected us, you don’t want the organization to exist anymore.
Mr Adams admitted that he, Frederick Faseun, and another militant leader from Ondo state were given multi billion naira contracts to protect pipelines, saying as Nigerians they have a right to share from the nation’s commonwealth.
He said, “They alleged that some ethnic militia collected nine billion, what I know is that President Goodluck Jonathan gave us a contract to protect pipeline and in that pipeline contract, the analysis is that Nigeria is losing 1.3 trillion naira every year to vandals. And when you see how much they will pay us for a year, in six zones- we have three zones in south west, three in South-South. I have only one in South-West; Dr. Fasheun has one and another guy in Ondo has one.
“The entire money NNPC will spend for us to protect the pipeline is not up to four billion for the six zones. You know what happened, they intentionally wrote the propaganda to affect the rally of last Monday, and at the same time, they haven’t given us a dime for the contract. President Jonathan has not given us money; we are just planning on how to start the job now. You cannot get money, it’s not a contract of buying something.
“As a Nigerian, we have a right to share from the commonwealth and that does not mean they have induced us. Tinubu is the chairman of OandO, and it’s an oil company and hardly will you see any governor in Nigeria that does not have interest in oil business. Hardly will you see any that minister does not have interest in oil business. Look, the south-south has been benefiting from the Amnesty package from the past four or five years. We have never benefited from it.”
The OPC leader described the All Progressive Congress as a party that strives on propaganda.
The OPC leader said his organisation wants the country to move forward and has decided to support the re-election bid of President Jonathan.
“We are not saying because we are supporting President Jonathan, we should be an enemy of other political parties. When you watch carefully, you will realize that nothing less than 23 political parties partially support President Goodluck Jonathan, so we are not here to harm any other political party,” he said.
Speaking on the protest by the OPC for the removal of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chair, Attahiru Jega, which many Nigerians, particularly the All Progressive Congress termed a violent protest, Mr. Adams described the APC as a party that thrives on propaganda.
“We deliberately kept quiet for one week to make sure that they lied to the extent that we would come out to tell the world that 85 per cent information coming from the APC is fallacy.
“You can’t win an election based on fallacy or propaganda and they have used their strength to concentrate on CCN protest rather than to go from house to house to campaign.
“If you watched newspapers, you will see some parasites signing different press releases that Gani Adams should resign, you will see Shina Akinpelu, and then you see Monsuru Akande again, so you see the level of propaganda? We even investigated; the second press release was released from the state (Lagos) secretariat in Acme, coordinated by Ajomale. Why are they doing that?
He maintained that the protest was not against Mr. Tinubu or the APC.
“We did not protest against Tinubu or APC. Why are they supporting the wrongdoing of Jega? I think most of them are product of free and fair election of 1993, so we should upgrade the conduct of our election and what happened yesterday has justified our protest.
“I don’t see why you should deny 19 per cent which is 12 million registered voters of their right to enfranchise. And if you recall, in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the number of Nigerians who made the difference for MKO Abiola was 14 million. By the time you deny 12 million people the chance to exercise their right, certain signal is coming, but I’m appealing to Nigerians, they should not allow Jega to provoke them. Let us accept the faith but let the history run against Jega.”
OPC not a threat to election
Mr. Adams said his group is not a threat to the coming elections and was not sponsored by President Jonathan.
“Well, we have witnessed 1999 election, we didn’t get involved in violence, we witnessed the 2003, we didn’t disrupt the election, 2007 same thing happened, 2011 same thing happened, why should we disrupt election,.
“We challenge them, let them take the pictures to the police to investigate and identify those who destroyed that billboard. The picture that was first sent to the internet was a picture of an event held on eighth of December by Dr. Fredrick Fasheun. So I’m appealing to concentrate on how to win the election and the heart of the electorate and not to be concentrating to destroy the character of anybody who supports President Goodluck Jonathan
“We have been funding our organization before election; you will realize that we have not less than 25 programs in a year. Who is funding those programs? Why should they insinuate that anything that comes from us because of our belief to support President Jonathan that it’s because of money?”
No doubt that people like you and Jonathan will not pay at the end,i just don't bother when grown fools do wrong ,all this money we are talking about is for the whole nja to do better things for the masses it's a shame you dis gani with your dirty looking self can't see beyond your nose ,the money go finish abina America no dey buy oil again and all that opc nonsense can only happen in nja not here in America,what is opc ?
[quote author=seunmsg post=31962231]Even the Ooni endorsement was a scam. The major idea behind it was to scam GEJ of his hard currency and nothing else. GMB is the next president and everybody knows it. [/qu ote]
The question is why ds he share money nor have to bribe people to vote for him ,corruption in high places that's why Obama refuse to visit Nigeria till tomorrow, he said Nigeria suppose to be the giant of Africa and he's highly disappointed part of this they stop buying oil from us the money is already finish from federal account nja will have to find another means of revenues
zeburudaya: u have now saw for yourself that the difference is clear. Jonah are all about education but Buhari is boko haram. Use ur teeth to count your tongue and vote wisely.
GEJ - 2019 Ebeano
if buhari is boko haram,American government won't work with him .
Gombs: I just saw this video, as a friend of mine shared it with me. I felt sad because APC/Buhari supporters, especially up north, has this feverish desire for violence. I've stayed in Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Kaduna, and was born in Jos. Never have i seen rabid folks like those supporting Buhari in the North.
they intimidate, threaten and kill with the slightest opposition. Question is, will Jega really be able to protect corp members up North in the likely event that GEJ wins? you gugs are dummies in that country,what about the things pdp are doing jonathan has shared all the money in our federal account to people all cos he wants to stay in power "where is democracy "?
sorry, i could not upload to youtube, this is just the facebook link, i was in a hurry to rush to a meeting.
you people are sick in that country,you people don't see what pdp are doing Jonathan has used all the money in our federal account to bribe everybody under the sun ,is this what the past presidents did ?Atleast there's was hidden but this "MFka" is throwing everything on you guys face ,yet some people still want him back it's so sad.
Gombs: I just saw this video, as a friend of mine shared it with me. I felt sad because APC/Buhari supporters, especially up north, has this feverish desire for violence. I've stayed in Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Kaduna, and was born in Jos. Never have i seen rabid folks like those supporting Buhari in the North.
they intimidate, threaten and kill with the slightest opposition. Question is, will Jega really be able to protect corp members up North in the likely event that GEJ wins? you gugs are dummies in that country,what about the things pdp are doing jonathan has shared all the money in our federal account to people all cos he wants to stay in power "where is democracy "?
sorry, i could not upload to youtube, this is just the facebook link, i was in a hurry to rush to a meeting.
SeverusSnape: The first Lady should and must be protected!
Just because some touts attacked Aisha Buhari, I know some hooligans would want to retaliate by attacking the mother of the nation. It's a good thing she sent a representative in the person of Amina Sambo.
austinslimzy: funny to all APC member u pple shuld beta sit @ home because dis so call 100million march wil lata result to fight..if u love urslf n ur country beta ve a rethink of d mind...Apc to vacancy in ASO ROCK oooooo
GEJ till 2019...God bless u.....PDP ::::::POWER
only foooooooooools! sound exact way you just talk "mumu "do yours and let others do there's the way they know how to do it best.
fresh15: The earlier Buhari makes up his mind to accept defeat,the better for him because he won't be allowed to shed innocent blood again.He wii fall again yakataa.
I see the heat wave in that Nja country of yours has fried up your brain
I have been saying enough of this certificate madness,pdp are going to extreme with this that we Njas don't take jokes likely and that is going to lead to something else,just like a lot of people feel pdp don't want election they just want the court to automatically give the second term to Jonathan and they are help buhari to be more relevant.
shadelek: APC looking for all possible means to snatch away the presidency from gej, no way for you people. If you like, get customized food for people, gej all the way
you should be ashamed cos your vote was bought with only one bag of rice ,Obama didn't bribe me with food,shameless you am sure you don't even belong to any political party,am a Democrat in America we put our president in the office i make my monthly contribution,that's why your president use your own money to buy you gifts "mumu "
kunle1960: Jonathan is too kind for my liking if not who is Buhari to be talking up to this period.Certificateless bastard.
you are the bastard and the people that click like ,what has him being a bastard got to do with this ,if you don't know how to contribute to this issue pls shut the "f "up
Politics / Re: Tinubu Starved Us, Jonathan Gave Us Multibillion Naira Contracts - OPC by halimat38(f): 2:08pm On Mar 25, 2015 
