In a firm statement, the chief spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko, has said the Obidient Movement is bigger than the Labour Party and its 2023 presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi.
Tanko, speaking on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s programme The Morning Brief, said the Obidient movement should not be associated with any party because it has a life of its own.
He said, “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.
“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.”
Yunusa said the Obidient Movement is all about good governance which Obi preaches.
“They are loyal to the messages that connect to good governance and Peter Obi is championing that particular good governance.”
It will be recalled that the LP recently named a party directorate the Directorate of Obidient Affairs, which was received with widespread backlash.
In the wake of the development, Peter Obi, in a statement posted on his X page on Wednesday, rejected the directorate’s naming, saying that the Obidient movement is beyond the party and cuts across party, gender, and ethnic divides.
He wrote: “There may be a youth mobilization directorate in political parties, but the Obidient Movement is far beyond a particular political party.
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“The Obidient Movement is a diverse and inclusive collective that transcends traditional political, religious, and ethnic affiliations.
“It is not domiciled within any particular party or headquartered in any particular part of the country.”
But, after a backlash, the Labour Party recently renamed a directorate of the party named the Directorate of Obidient Affairs.
According to the National Publicity Secretary of LP Obiora Ifoh, the Obidient Directorate is now renamed as 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,” Obiorah said on Thursday.
“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.”
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