Security and intelligence analyst Dr. Sani Aliyu has revisited Nigeria’s security challenges in the early 2000s, focusing particularly on the activities of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the federal government’s response under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Speaking during an interview on Trust TV on May 12, 2026, Aliyu reflected on what he described as a controversial and unusually soft approach adopted by the federal government toward the group at a time when concerns were rising over violent clashes, public disorder, and alleged criminal activities in parts of southwestern Nigeria, especially Lagos and its surrounding states...CONTINUE FULL READING>>>