Why is the number of conjugacy classes modulo 16 equal to the order for a finite group of odd order?

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Let $G$ be a group of odd order $n$ and suppose $|Con(G)| = k$ ( Con(G) is the set of conjugacy classes of G), prove that $$k \equiv n \pmod{ 16}.$$ How do I proceed on this? Thanks.