‘Obidient Movement’ aligned only with good governance — Tanko Yunusa

Chief spokesperson of the Obi-Datti, Tanko Yunusa, has said the Obidient Movement will call the Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi out if he does anything that does not align with its beliefs.

Yunusa said this on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

According to Yunusa, the ‘Obidient Movement’ is bigger than the Labour Party despite being supporters of the party’s presidential candidate.

“It’s bigger than the Labour Party. It is so because it is a move of its own that has a life of its own. What they are interested in is good governance,” Yunusa said.

“Even if the Labour Party is doing something that is wrong, they are able to challenge it. Let me go further. Even His Excellency [Peter Obi], if he does something that is not aligned with good governance, we would challenge it.”

He said the Obidient Movement is all about good governance which Obi preaches.

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“They are loyal to the messages that connect to good governance and Peter Obi is championing that particular good governance.”

Recently, the National Publicity Secretary of LP Obiora Ifoh, revealed that the Obidient Directorate is now renamed the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration.

“Following the controversies arising from the creation of the Directorate of OBIDIENT Affairs, in the party, the Directorate is hereby renamed the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration.

“The inauguration will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the party’s National Secretariat, Utako, Abuja, by 10 a.m. Party members and the general public should take note.”

Following the move, Obi said the movement goes beyond the LP and cuts across party, gender, and ethnic divides.

“There may be a youth mobilisation directorate in political parties, but the Obidient Movement is far beyond a particular political party. The Obidient Movement is a diverse and inclusive collective that transcends traditional political, religious, and ethnic affiliations,” he wrote on his X handle.

“It is not domiciled within any particular party or headquartered in any particular part of the country.”