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Militant group to protest against legislators

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    The Odua People's Congress (OPC), a Nigerian pressure group, plans to stage a peaceful protest in Abuja on 2 May against the "ineptitude' of legislators, AFP quoted OPC Secretary-General Kayode Ogundamisi as saying on Wednesday.

    He said parliament had so far occupied itself with "issues which do not affect the lives of ordinary Nigerians" instead of legislating against poverty, passing the 2000 budget, fighting inflation and convening a sovereign national conference, AFP reported.

    The OPC was founded in 1995 to protect the interests of the Yoruba, one of Nigeria's main ethnic groups. A militant faction of the organisation was involved in violent clashes with other groups and the police earlier this year.

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