OPC Founder Retires From Politics, Advises Buhari On His Anti-Corruption War

The founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Frederick Fasehun, has announced his retirement from partisan politics.

Speaking on Saturday, September 26, on the occasion of his 80th birthday celebration in Lagos, Fasehun said he would like to be simply regarded as elder statesman, NAN reports.

Frederick Fasehun

He said: “I give up placard-carrying; every Nigerian is my brother, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and others.

“All of us should be committed to bridge-building; henceforth, I will be an advocate of peace to all.”

Fasehun also applauded President Muhammadu Buhari on his fight against corruption, warning him against being in his probes.

He called on Nigerians to be patient with President Buhari, saying 100 days was too short to notice any possible aspect of change.

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The OPC founder who said free education at all levels was the right of all citizens, urged the federal government to show commitment to improving education of youth.

“Education is the bedrock of national development so all of us must commit ourselves to the education of the youth,” he stressed.

About two weeks ago, Fasehun had expressed doubts over the possibility of President Buhari recovering looted funds stashed in other countries. He had said the president must first clean his own house and let others learn from the way he did it.

The OPC is a Yoruba-based organization formed to actualize the annulled mandate of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, a Yoruba who won the presidential election of June 12, 1993 but was barred from office.

Fasehun was imprisoned for 19 months from December 1996 to June 1998 during the military rule of Sani Abacha, only ending 18 days after Abacha’s death.

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