Leader of Oodua People’s Congress Reformed (OPC R), Chief Oludare Adesope, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for awarding the founder of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Late Dr. Frederick Isiotan Fasehun, the national honour of the Commander of the Niger (CON).
Adesope hailed Tinubu for extending the national honour to nationalists like Late Dr. Fredrick Fasehun; Professor Wole Soyinka; Hon Wale Osun; Barrister Femi Falana and others.
According Adesope, the action portrays President Tinubu as a good listener and great achiever.
“If we can recall the president speech during the 2024 democracy day, while he affirmed the pioneers who went against all odds to face the military junta to give us the democracy we are enjoying presently, Dr. Fasehun’s name was omitted in the list; I do not know if it was deliberate or an oversight but I said then that the list was incomplete without Fasehun’s name on it.
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“Today, I am highly delighted when the posthumous honour came on June 12,2025 to mark this year’s Democracy Day. I said it is rather late than never. I hereby congratulate the late Fasehun family, all products of OPC groups and the entire Yoruba descendants for this well-deserved honour.’’
Adesope also urged the president to put more effort into tackling insecurity and hunger in the country.
He said: ‘‘I know he is trying his best but he should pay more attention to security because the poor masses depend on the government for safety’.
“I have said time without number that we, members of OPC reformed, are very ready to work with government security agencies to tackle insecurity; we know the terrain of our territory like the back of our hand and we are very close to the people.
“As I commend the president on community policing, I will also say it is high time the government made use of indigenous security outfits to perfect the security sector.
