The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) is a militant Yoruba nationalist organization situated in Nigeria. The Yoruba people, who live in the South Western part of Nigeria, as well as neighbouring countries such as Benin, are a large ethno-linguistic group; the majority of them speak the Yoruba language (ede Yorùbá). The Yoruba constitute approximately 35 percent of Nigeria's total population, and around 50 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa.
They are also known as the Oodua Liberation Movement (OLM) or the Revolutionary Council of Nigeria (RCN)
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