Gani Adams; His Past, Present And Other Misadventures
The National Coordinating Council (NCC) of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) after an extra-ordinary meeting held in Ibadan on Tuesday 24th November 2015 is seriously considering dragging Gani Adams, its erstwhile National Coordinator to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) as well as the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police over multiple cases of fraud, misappropriation of OPC funds and outright stealing running into several billions of naira.
The conclusion was reached to serve as a means of alerting the public,
particularly Nigerians in the Diaspora to the risks they stand should
they conduct business with Gani Adams and the so-called Oodua
Progressive Union (OPU) network he is presently building around the
globe.
Findings revealed that the OPU and a new broadcast outfit ‘OODUA
VOICE’ allegedly floated by Adams and his cohort would be used to lure
unsuspecting victims into scams designed to rip them off.
We want the whole world to know that Gani Adams is a crook and a
fraudster who has used his position as National Coordinator of OPC to
amass questionable wealth for himself as well as his immediate family.
He has in the last fifteen or so years used several methods to siphon
funds and to exploit our members.
Gani Adams -apart from malleable puppets he uses as fronts- is the
sole signatory to the several proxy accounts operated in the OPC’s
name. The accounts were opened under the names; Olokun Foundation,
Gani Adams Foundation and Donyx Global Concept Limited among others.
Adams has thus being using the opportunity presented by the scenario
to divert OPC funds at his whims and caprices to the detriment of the
vast majority of members who are wallowing in poverty.
Adams has long been a fraud, although just recently discovered for
whom he truly is. One of his earliest and most telling fraud till
date is the criminal diversion of about 21 million nairas paid to the
OPC as compensation for the vicious, malicious and unwarranted attacks
on OPC members at Owo, as the members of the Congress made their way
to Gani Adams village, Arigidi-Akoko, in Ondo State in January 2002
after the funeral rites for the late Chief Bola Ige were concluded in
Esa-Oke, Osun State.
The money which was meant to compensate those who lost lives,
properties and those with varying degrees of injury during the Owo
attack was never paid to those for which it was meant. Neither has
anything been heard of it since.
A few years back, he also hinted at expecting some ‘big money’ from
the Maghreb. Although it is not clear how much this was, but it is
certain that Adams did collect that money given the ostentatious
lifestyle that always gives him away when he is in money. It should be
noted that it was around this time that the idea of marking his
birthday in four different foreign countries occurred to him, the
countries include, South Africa, Ghana and the United Arab Emirate
(Dubai).
Besides funds stolen or misappropriated by Adams, there is also the
case of about six million members (using Adams estimate of OPC
membership strength during his pro-Jonathan campaigns) who are
obligated to obtain the group’s identification cards at N2500 each.
From identity cards alone, Gani Adams pockets about 15 billion nairas
every year.
He equally diverted the sum of N150m specially set aside by the NCC
and meant for building a hotel for the OPC in each South-West state
capital. This is besides the N100m or more, also made by encouraging
unwary members to buy shares into the hotel project. The hotel scheme
was conceived in 2007 but has yet failed to see the light of day.
This situation is no longer acceptable to us and the generality of the
OPC cadre who have been at the receiving end of Adams misdemeanours.
Ours has been for too long, like the proverbial masquerade that
farted; it can only bear the nauseating stink until it is dissipated
with time.
While we have patiently endured these transgressions over time, Adams
seems ready to further destroy what is left of the OPC image and
credibility by internationalizing his fraudulent activities.
Having destroyed the little credibility and goodwill with which he had
severally fooled people at home, he has now cast his net into the
wider Diaspora.
At the reported launch of an alleged broadcast station, ‘Oodua Voice’
in Europe, one of Adams new partners in crime and who doubles as one
of the so-called coordinators of the OPU in Europe revealed an alleged
plan to establish a pilot housing estate around Ikorodu, Lagos and
solicited patronage from Nigerians who were promised cheaper cost of
acquisition.
Our advice to unsuspecting members of the public, particularly those
in the Diaspora is to be wary of dealing with Gani Adams or any of his
agents. As people who are bound to feel the effect of his
misadventures (because of his past association with the OPC), we
strongly advice and implore the public to desist from dealing with
Adams and his agents as doing so can only be followed by sorrow, tears
and blood. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Yours in service,
For the National Coodinating Council (NCC)
Comrade AKINPELU Adeshina