By Ayodele Oni
Yunusa Tanko, former Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, has clarified that those leaving Peter Obi’s Camp are doing so purely based on ideological differences.
Tanko maintained that he left the Obidient Movement after discovering that Obi lacked tact, nerve, energy, and commitment to get the job done.
Tanko pointed out that many Obidients have accused those who left Obi of leaving because of stomach infrastructure, but he said that claim is false and insulting to people who sacrificed for the movement.
He said he is not a poor man, and he did not leave because he was looking for money from Obi.
“Interestingly, I am not poor. Interestingly, in 2023, I gave Obi a campaign office in Abuja here.”
Tanko insisted that many of those who left are progressives, and they discovered after 2023 that Obi was ideologically different from what they believed.
“After 2023, it was clear that he lacked the tact, the nerve, the energy, and the commitment to get the job done.”
He maintained that none of those who left asked Obi for money, and he insisted that Obi does not give shishi to those who work for him.
He said, “None of us have asked him for money. He doesn’t give shishi.”
Tanko revealed that Obi gives in front of cameras to schools, nursing homes, and churches, because the cameras will capture it, but the people who slave for him behind the scenes are left without support.
He said he is making a strong case for those who do not have, who are still with Obi, working night and day without pay.
Quoting from the Bible, he said: “Do not muzzle the ox that treads the floor, and pay the labourer his wages, and a leader should not say he does not give.”
He stated that those who donated to Obi’s campaign in 2023, like him, left because they wanted a clear-headed candidate with an ideological solution to Nigeria’s problems.
He added that when you ask Obi questions on the economy, on national security, and on moving Nigeria from consumption to production, he prevaricates.
“You ask questions on the economy, he prevaricates. You ask him on national security, he prevaricates. You ask him how he is going to move Nigeria from consumption to production, he prevaricates.”
Tanko said he has never seen a vice presidential candidate openly disagree with his principal in public, as Datti did on subsidy, which showed ideological confusion in the camp.
He said he gave his office and his lounge in Guzape in support of Obi in 2023, and leaving him was ideological, and he is proud he did.
“I gave my office, I gave my lounge in Guzape in support of Obi in 2023, and leaving him was ideological, and I am proud I did.”
He concluded that many people are now joining the SDP because they have found a candidate who is clear-headed, understands the urgency of now, and wants to truly move Nigeria forward.
However, Obidients did not respond to Tanko in kind. On the contrary, they have congratulated him on his new appointment and claimed it stemmed from the discipline and leadership attributes of the Movement.
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