Frederick Isiotan Fasehun (; 21 September 1935 – 1 December 2018) was a Nigerian medical doctor, hotel owner and leader of the

Oodua Peoples Congress The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) is a Yoruba nationalist, regionalist, and vigilante organization in Nigeria. It is also known as the Oodua Liberation Movement (OLM) or the Revolutionary Council of Nigeria. It is based in southwestern Nigeria ...

(OPC).

Education and medical career

He studied science at Blackburn College and furthered his education at

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College of Medicine. He also studied at the

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Postgraduate School after which he had a Fellowship at the

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. In 1976, he studied acupuncture in

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under a joint

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and

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Development Scholarship Program.

Politics

In 1977, he set up an Acupuncture Unit at the

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. He resigned in 1978 and immediately set up the Besthope Hospital and Acupuncture Centre in Lagos. The Acupuncture Centre once earned a reputation as Africa's first for the Chinese medical practice. The OPC is Yoruba-based organization formed to actualize the annulled mandate of Chief

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola Chieftain, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola , also known as M. K. O. Abiola (; 24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher, and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire an ...

, a Yoruba who won the presidential election of 12 June 1993 but was barred from office. Fasehun was imprisoned for 19 months from December 1996 to June 1998 during the military rule of

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, only ending 18 days after Abacha's death. He died in the

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, Lagos.

Death

He died on 1 December 2018.

References

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