The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) said it would pull out
its men from guarding all Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
pipelines nationwide from Monday evening.
Mr Yinka Oguntimehin, the Spokesman for Gani Adams
Faction of the congress said this in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.
Oguntimehin said that this became necessary because the
corporation had yet to start paying for the work its men are doing.
He said the corporation was, as part of the contractual
agreement entered into, three months ago, expected to start payment.
The spokesman said that the OPC personnel had continued
to guard the pipelines with the belief that the corporation would pay as
promised.
“When we were given the contract on March 15, it was
agreed that they will release money for the OPC personnel for effective
protection of the NNPC pipelines nationwide.
“We lost one man last month because of the activities of
the vandals here in Lagos, while some of our men were arrested in the course of
protecting the pipeline.
“We had told them to release some of our money before the
new administration took over, but they kept promising us.
“Enough is enough, three months have passed since our
members started monitoring the pipeline, and we have fulfilled our part of the
agreement.
“By 10:00 p.m. today, our personnel will move out of the
NNPC pipelines nationwide and this applies to other groups in the country,” he
said.
The federal Government had in March awarded a
multi-billion Naira contract to the OPC to secure NNPC pipelines in the
South-West Zone of the country.
NAN
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