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Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by Zubby56(op): 7:08am On Jul 21, 2016
OPC hands Niger Delta militants 14-day ultimatum. – OPC has handed Niger Delta militants a very severe warning
– The pan-Yoruba organization issued a 14-day ultimatum to militants
– OPC issued the warning in reaction to recent attacks
The reformed Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to suspected Niger Delta militants.
Niger Delta militants have been advised to stop attacking communities in the Southwest.
OPC warned the militants to desist from attacking communities in the South West, else the Ijaw people in the region would gear up for reprisal attacks.
The pan-Yoruba organization issued the threat while reacting to recent attacks by suspected militants on Imusin and Ogijo in Ogun and some riverine communities in Ikorodu area of Lagos state.
Daily Post reports the group in a statement by Comrade Dare Adesope entitled,‘‘Incursion of Ijaw militants into Yoruba land: Enough is enough,’’threatened reprisal attack if the suspected Ijaw militants failed to end the incursion into the South-West at the end of the ultimatum.
According to the group, the attack in the South-West was an affront on the Yoruba nation and it would not be accepted.
The statement reads in part:“Enough of these invasions, killings and kidnapping of our people right on our own soil. We of the Oodua Peoples Congress (Reformed) have waited for this long, hoping that the government would curb the deadly acts of the Ijaw people on our kinsmen in their fatherland in Ogun and Lagos states. But, it has now dawned on us that the lives and properties of our people and, indeed, the masses are of no importance to those in authorities and the marauding militants.
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“It is a known fact that we, the Yoruba, are the most contented, accommodating and tolerant among all the ethnic groups in Nigeria. We wholeheartedly welcome other tribes coming into our states either to reside or do business. But, if they want to take our hospitality for stupidity, we are ready to prove to them that the gentility of a tiger is not an act of cowardice. Before now, it was the Fulani herdsmen, now it is the Ijaw people that are on the prowl. Enough is enough
“Consequently, we are giving the Ijaw militants a 14-day ultimatum to allow peace to reign in our land. If they fail to heed the warning, it will henceforth be an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. We will prove to them that Lagos belongs to the Yoruba and not a no man’s land that they tend to erroneously claim.
“If they must care to know, we have information and facts about where their leaders’ properties are situated in the entire South-West and where their people reside in our midst as well.”
Meanwhile, the national coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, says his organisation has been reluctant to engage suspected militants and pipeline vandals who have been terrorising some communities in Lagos and Ogun states because they have been demonized by people.
According to The Punch, Gani Adams, speaking during a press conference on Thursday, July 7, in Lagos condemned the recent spate of attacks by suspected militants and pipeline vandals in South-West Nigeria.
The OPC leader who described the attacks as criminal said though some affected communities have been seeking the support of the OPC on the issue, he had to be sure that its members would not be criminalised for any actions taken.
He accused the people, including those of Yoruba descent, security agents and the media of demonizing OPCin the past.

Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by holuwatobhy(m): 7:11am On Jul 21, 2016
Hmmm
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by oduastates: 7:21am On Jul 21, 2016
Just watching in 4d
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by bewla(m): 7:28am On Jul 21, 2016
tension building
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by Nobody: 7:30am On Jul 21, 2016
Issorite.
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by SuperS1Panther: 7:33am On Jul 21, 2016
OPC should unleash terror on those lawless barbarians.

Ijaws do not have monopoly of violence and you must ripe what you have sown in good measures.

Maybe their present generation forgot the bloodbath of 2003. They need to ask their people in AJ and Orile. I only hope and pray, their uncultured and untrained lawless children will not bring another calamity on them.
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by diana158(m): 7:42am On Jul 21, 2016
observing
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by 989900E: 7:51am On Jul 21, 2016
SuperS1Panther:
OPC should unleash terror on those lawless barbarians.

Ijaws do not have monopoly of violence and you must ripe what you have sown in good measures.

Maybe their present generation forgot the bloodbath of 2003. They need to ask their people in AJ and Orile. I only hope and pray, their uncultured and untrained lawless children will not bring another calamity on them.
Watch them play the victim/minority card when it goes down.
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by SirREX94: 7:58am On Jul 21, 2016
I hope it's not just an empty threat? So many unfulfilled ultimatum and injunctions in 9ja! Mtchwwwwww..........
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by goldust777: 7:58am On Jul 21, 2016
NO SOURCE FAKE STORY shocked But will be a relief to protection of lives and properties in lagos if d story was true
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by Pidggin(f): 8:06am On Jul 21, 2016
OPC wants to fight NDA? They will soon learn that these are not Oshodi drivers and conductors they are dealing with grin
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by Trunquejnr(m): 8:16am On Jul 21, 2016
Tired of warning and ultimatum
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by goldust777: 8:24am On Jul 21, 2016
Wat happens when you wake a sleeping giant,u might get crushed.soon some people will be shouting genocide knowing fully well you pinched a giant while it was asleep. grin
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by splendid2: 8:26am On Jul 21, 2016
Cowards, hw many times did Avengers warn u b4 carrying out attack, u only shout wen u want to fight so dt people will come & separate u.
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by goldust777: 8:38am On Jul 21, 2016
If d militants where serious why cant they take their fight to d north where pmb hails from instead of turning to a nonentity to fellow southern neighbours who know them inside out.foolish move from d militants creating enemies you dont have.is just a matter of time you hear the ijaw militants crying genocide.because the sw has very easy access to sofisticated arms too.its a pity it as come to this but d incessant killings and kidnaps have to stop,becos not only d yoruba,s are affected especially in lagos dat has large ibo investment,hausa,delta pples,edo pples,and other large ethnic groups in nigeria largely concentrated in lagos state
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by thekingisback: 8:59am On Jul 21, 2016
Opc should shut it. Can they stand those militants if they're truly the people responsible?
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by goldust777: 9:11am On Jul 21, 2016
thekingisback:
Opc should shut it. Can they stand those militants if they're truly the people responsible?
Except d so cald militants are not made of flesh and blood.the only song i see d so cald militant singing at the end of d francas is genocide.
Re: Tension: OPC Sends Very Strong Warning To Niger Delta Militants by DaBullIT(m): 12:06pm On Jul 21, 2016
This won't end well


OPC is not a joke
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