By DAPO AKINREFON

THE Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, led by Otunba Gani Adams has denied the group’s involvement in the assault of two women by some men in the Ejigbo area of Lagos state.

OPC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Akeem Ologunro, absolved any member of the group from the act just as it flayed the treatment meted out to the women.

The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to the insinuations in some quarters linking the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) with the dastardly acts meted to two women by some men in the Ejigbo area of Lagos. Like every other Nigerian, we are deeply saddened by the type of treatment meted out to the women, which of course, first came to our attention after it was circulated on some social media networks.  And soon after stories started flying linking our members to the wicked act, the leaders of our organization immediately put together a body to investigate the matter and report back to the House on its findings.”

The OPC, however, disclosed that “our investigations in the area have, however, indicated that no member of our organization was linked to any such incident. As a matter of fact, the investigations also revealed that nothing of such took place in any of the zones under our command. While our hearts go out to the women, I would like to put it on record here that the OPC under the command of Otunba Gani Adams condemn acts like the one meted out to the women, and view it as not only barbaric, but also inhuman and should be condemned by everybody.”

Besides, it stated that “our organization has nothing to do with the ugly incident. We in the OPC condemn the act in its entirety as wicked, brutish and inhuman.  It is therefore wicked on the part of anybody to link the OPC with wicked assault on the two women. We are compelled to make this statement because our silence may be regarded in some quarters that our organization was indeed responsible for the wicked act.”