OPC Members Will Vote For Jonathan - Gani Adams

National co-ordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has said that six million members of the group have resolved to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan at the March 28 presidential polls. 

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He said OPC members took the decision at their National Co-ordinating Council meeting after taking time to assess President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He made the disclosure at his Lagos residence while hosting the special adviser to President Jonathan on Niger Delta affairs, Hon Kingsley Kuku, who came to solicit his and the OPC's support for Jonathan's re-election.

Adams said the OPC is rooting for Jonathan because of his human rights records in not arresting or detaining any activists since he came to power, the convocation of a national conference and his promise to implement the 633 recommendations that will help to restructure the country, which he said is in the interests of the Yoruba and the South-west.

He said: "OPC is a group of six million people. We sat down at our National Co-ordinating Council to decide on who to vote for between President Jonathan and Buhari and the support for Jonathan is unanimous."

"Now, we have come out to support Jonathan because of the National Conference. We have been clamouring for National Conference since 1992, even our leaders could not organise it. President Olusegun Obasanjo organised the National Political Reforms Conference with a lot of no-go areas. In the end there was a stalemate. 

"Now a minority, Jonathan, did it. The only no-go area is the unity of the country. He gave us open cheque to decide the future of Nigeria." 

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It will be recalled that Gani Adams has claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan is probably going to win Lagos and parts of the south west zone in the next general election.

He also talks about the postponement of the election in this interview with Dapo Akinferon of the Vanguard.

Source: Legit.ng