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Senate begins investigation of OPC

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    A committee set up by Nigeria's senate to investigate the activities of the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) in the southwest of the country began on Tuesday in Lagos, 'The Vanguard' newspaper reported.

    The seven-man committee was formed as a result of a letter written by President Olusegun Obasanjo to Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu as well as the governor's reply. In mid-January, Obasanjo said that he might impose a state of emergency in Nigeria's commercial capital if Tinubu failed to stop the deterioration of security there. Tinubu responded by blaming the federal government for the insecurity.

    The committee will present its findings in a report to the senate
    president, the daily said.

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