OPC denies fixing up fake soldiers in Lagos

Oodua
Peoples Congress (OPC) has lambasted the national publicity secretary
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over what it termed his
“ceaseless propaganda” against the group.

A
statement Friday evening signed by Hakeem Ologunro, OPC National
Publicity Secretary, said it was unfortunate that the opposition
spokesman has made “lie-telling his stock in trade.”

Titled
“When will Lai Mohammed stop disgracing himself?” the statement reads:
“We just got informed of another phase of lies  from the chief
propagandist of APC against OPC and we wonder when will Lai Mohammed
stop disgracing himself?

“His
latest lie is the press release issued today that OPC members and other
militants were seen today wearing fake police and army uniforms so they
can unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in
the South-west, without hindrance.

“If
this claim is to be believed why didn’t the APC Chief Propagandist come
up with video or even pictures to confirm his claims? When will Lai
Mohammed and his bunch of liars accept the fact that the people of South
West have been liberated from their “MASS HYPNOTISM”?

“It
is funny that a party that can parade its presidential candidate
granting an interview in Abuja as being interviewed in London will be
shameless to rope OPC into their obvious failure in the coming polls.

“One
would have expected Lai Mohammed and his bunch of democracy rapists
will be busy with the logistics of how they will cover their heads in
shame and seek forgiveness from Nigerians after a disgraceful outing is
rather busy attempting to create tension and needless outcries.

“We
have told our members to be peaceful and law abiding. We wash our hands
off any attempt to disrupt the election and we are certain nothing will
go wrong. It is only in the mind of evil plotters like Lai Mohammed
that the only thing they see about the coming election is violence and
bloodshed.

“When we joined
other concerned Nigerians to stage a peaceful protest days back, they
used their propaganda machinery to call us thugs, touts and other
negative names. The moment we came public to show the video of the
event, they shamefully kept quiet only for their claim today that our
members and ex-militants are parading security uniforms to cause mayhem.

“Nigeria
belongs to all of us. We are not part of those who have hijacked the
democratic process to satisfy their selfish and greedy interest, and are
yet to come to terms with the fact that Nigerians are wiser now.”

OPC added: “You  can fool the people sometimes, but you can’t fool them all the time”.

Meanwhile,
the Secretary of Ekiti State of the OPC, Chief Julius Idowu Folorunsho,
has distanced himself from a press release purportedly signed by him,
condemning last week’s protest rally by the group  in Lagos, to express
reservation about the preparation of INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega
for the elections.

Speaking
with newsmen, Chief Folorunsho described the press statement, which was
widely circulated in the media and allegedly signed by him as a “forged
document”.

“I was particularly surprised to find my name on a document that i did not know anything about.

The OPC scribe added that the congress remains one indivisible body in the state.

“All
those things you read in the papers are not true. They are orchestrated
to cause disharmony among our ranks. But we have nipped it the bud.

“The
Ekiti State chapter of OPC is at peace with the national council. Our
leader, Gani Adams remains our leader and we remain party to whatever
decision taken by the national body.”