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Gani Adams, national coordinator of the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC), says his own  faction of the group will not participate in the protest against the revocation of the contract for protection of NNPC Pipelines.

Former president, Goodluck Jonathan awarded the multi-billion naira deal to the group in March.

However, three months later, OPC threatened to withdraw from the contract due to lack of payment by NNPC.

The federal government finally revoked the contract on June 16.

But in an interview with NAN on Wednesday, Adams said protesting against the decision of the government would not resolve the situation.

“We had a meeting over the withdrawal of contract to protect the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines,” he said.

“Dr Fredrick Fasheun, myself and some other persons were at the meeting. I want to state categorically that protest against withdrawal of the contract was not part of our discussion.

“It is a contract between us and the NNPC. The issue should not be misunderstood for something else. I don’t want to bring ethnicity into this matter. I don’t want people to see us in bad light.

“We read the story on this protest in the newspapers like any other person. We are not part of the protest.”