Report reaching TheDispatchng has revealed that the founder of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, is dead.
Sources within the Yoruba pressure group confirmed his death to our correspondent.
“It is true that Dr Fredrick Faseun is dead, says one the sources.
The Yoruba national leader and founder of OPC we gathered has been battling an undisclosed illness for some time now.
Reacting to his death, New Era OPC speaking through its spokesman, Comrade Adeshina Akinpelu, he described the of Faseun as very unfortunate.
According to him, Faseun died at a time that Yoruba people and Nigeria still need him.
“We are saddened by the news of the death of our leader, Dr Fredrick Faseun. His death is still a great shock to us. The Yoruba nation and Nigeria still need him but he is no more. OPC New Era will issue official statement on his death.”