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June 7, 2024
The chief spokesman of the Obi-Datti organisation, Tanko Yunusa says the Obidient Movement is bigger than the Labour Party despite the latter being supporters of the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi.
Tanko said this on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
“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,” Tanko 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.
“They are loyal to the messages that connect to good governance and Peter Obi is championing that particular good governance,” the Labour Party chieftain said.
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,” Obiora said on Thursday.
In the wake of the move, Obi said the movement is beyond the LP and cuts across party, gender, and ethnic divides.
