OPC disowns suspects in Adelabu family kidnap

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has officially distanced itself from suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping of the sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin sons. The Yoruba socio-cultural group emphasized that the arrested individuals are not affiliated with their organization.

While commending the Nigeria Police Force for the swift rescue of the victims in Ibadan, Oyo State, the OPC also urged security agencies to apply the same urgency in locating 39 pupils and seven teachers abducted in the Ogbomoso area.

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OPC has no association whatsoever with those arrested over the Adelabu family kidnapping. They are not our members. Our members subscribe to not just a physical registration but a spiritual oath that they will invite disaster upon their heads if they indulge in any act of criminality.

OPC President Wasiu Afolabi, known as Askari, stated that the organization has a strong history of supporting law enforcement and providing neighborhood security. He stressed that the OPC cannot be associated with criminal activities and that anyone falsely claiming membership while engaging in crime is an impersonator who should face legal consequences.

Afolabi asserted that the OPC has a strict code of conduct, including spiritual oaths, and has consistently disciplined or expelled members with criminal tendencies since the time of its founder, Dr. Frederick Fasehun. He suggested that factions formed by individuals unable to meet the OPC's standards are not under the control of the mainstream organization.

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The main OPC body has neither control over nor association with such misguided and mischievous miscreants. If apprehended, such people should be made to face the full wrath of the law.